On Mon, 2011-03-14 at 19:04 +0530, Srikar Dronamraju wrote: > +/* > + * Called with tsk->mm->mmap_sem held (either for read or write and > + * with a reference to tsk->mm. > + */ > +static int write_opcode(struct task_struct *tsk, struct uprobe * uprobe, > + unsigned long vaddr, uprobe_opcode_t opcode) > +{ > + struct page *old_page, *new_page; > + void *vaddr_old, *vaddr_new; > + struct vm_area_struct *vma; > + spinlock_t *ptl; > + pte_t *orig_pte; > + unsigned long addr; > + int ret = -EINVAL; > + > + /* Read the page with vaddr into memory */ > + ret = get_user_pages(tsk, tsk->mm, vaddr, 1, 1, 1, &old_page, &vma); > + if (ret <= 0) > + return -EINVAL; > + ret = -EINVAL; > + > + /* > + * check if the page we are interested is read-only mapped > + * Since we are interested in text pages, Our pages of interest > + * should be mapped read-only. > + */ > + if ((vma->vm_flags & (VM_READ|VM_WRITE|VM_EXEC|VM_SHARED)) == > + (VM_READ|VM_EXEC)) > + goto put_out; > + I'm confused by the above comment and code. You state we are only interested text pages mapped read-only, but then if the page is mapped read/exec we exit out? It is fine if it is anything but READ/EXEC. I'm also curious to why we can't modify text code that is also mapped as read/write. -- Steve -- To unsubscribe, send a message with 'unsubscribe linux-mm' in the body to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxx For more info on Linux MM, see: http://www.linux-mm.org/ . Fight unfair telecom internet charges in Canada: sign http://stopthemeter.ca/ Don't email: <a href=mailto:"dont@xxxxxxxxx"> email@xxxxxxxxx </a>