On Fri, 28 Aug 2020 03:00:59 +0900
Masami Hiramatsu <mhiramat@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> On Thu, 27 Aug 2020 18:12:40 +0200
> Peter Zijlstra <peterz@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> > +static void invalidate_rp_inst(struct task_struct *t, struct kretprobe *rp)
> > +{
> > + struct invl_rp_ipi iri = {
> > + .task = t,
> > + .rp = rp,
> > + .done = false
> > + };
> > +
> > + for (;;) {
> > + if (try_invoke_on_locked_down_task(t, __invalidate_rp_inst, rp))
> > + return;
> > +
> > + smp_call_function_single(task_cpu(t), __invalidate_rp_ipi, &iri, 1);
> > + if (iri.done)
> > + return;
> > + }
>
> Hmm, what about making a status place holder and point it from
> each instance to tell it is valid or not?
>
> struct kretprobe_holder {
> atomic_t refcnt;
> struct kretprobe *rp;
> };
>
> struct kretprobe {
> ...
> struct kretprobe_holder *rph; // allocate at register
> ...
> };
>
> struct kretprobe_instance {
> ...
> struct kretprobe_holder *rph; // free if refcnt == 0
> ...
> };
>
> cleanup_rp_inst(struct kretprobe *rp)
> {
> rp->rph->rp = NULL;
> }
>
> kretprobe_trampoline_handler()
> {
> ...
> rp = READ_ONCE(ri->rph-rp);
> if (likely(rp)) {
> // call rp->handler
> } else
> rcu_call(ri, free_rp_inst_rcu);
> ...
> }
>
> free_rp_inst_rcu()
> {
> if (!atomic_dec_return(ri->rph->refcnt))
> kfree(ri->rph);
> kfree(ri);
> }
>
> This increase kretprobe_instance a bit, but make things simpler.
> (and still keep lockless, atomic op is in the rcu callback).
OK, I've written the code and run a smoke test on it.
I'll send it with my 4th version of series.
Thank you,
--
Masami Hiramatsu <mhiramat@xxxxxxxxxx>
