[PATCH] kretprobe spinlock deadlock patch
kprobe_flush_task() possibly calls kfree function during holding
kretprobe_lock spinlock, if kfree function is probed by kretprobe that will
incur spinlock deadlock. This patch moves kfree function out scope of
kretprobe_lock.
Signed-off-by: bibo, mao <bibo.mao@intel.com>
Signed-off-by: Ananth N Mavinakayanahalli <ananth@in.ibm.com>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
diff --git a/include/linux/kprobes.h b/include/linux/kprobes.h
index a5c5a0c..ac4c055 100644
--- a/include/linux/kprobes.h
+++ b/include/linux/kprobes.h
@@ -202,7 +202,7 @@
struct kretprobe_instance *get_free_rp_inst(struct kretprobe *rp);
void add_rp_inst(struct kretprobe_instance *ri);
void kprobe_flush_task(struct task_struct *tk);
-void recycle_rp_inst(struct kretprobe_instance *ri);
+void recycle_rp_inst(struct kretprobe_instance *ri, struct hlist_head *head);
#else /* CONFIG_KPROBES */
#define __kprobes /**/