2008-11-19 23:03:46

by Masami Hiramatsu

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Subject: [PATCH -mm] bugfix: release old_p's insn_slot before error return

Hi Andrew,

[email protected] wrote:
> The patch titled
> bugfix: pass aggr_kprobe to arch_remove_kprobe
> has been added to the -mm tree. Its filename is
> kprobes-support-probing-module-__exit-function-fix-2.patch

Oops, sorry, I found one another bug...

Release old_p->ainsn.insn_slot before error return, if the memory
allocation of new aggr_kprobe is failed.

Signed-off-by: Masami Hiramatsu <[email protected]>
Cc: Ananth N Mavinakayanahalli <[email protected]>
---
kernel/kprobes.c | 5 ++++-
1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

Index: 2.6.28-rc4/kernel/kprobes.c
===================================================================
--- 2.6.28-rc4.orig/kernel/kprobes.c
+++ 2.6.28-rc4/kernel/kprobes.c
@@ -584,8 +584,11 @@ static int __kprobes register_aggr_kprob
ap = old_p;
} else {
ap = kzalloc(sizeof(struct kprobe), GFP_KERNEL);
- if (!ap)
+ if (!ap) {
+ if (kprobe_gone(old_p))
+ arch_remove_kprobe(old_p);
return -ENOMEM;
+ }
add_aggr_kprobe(ap, old_p);
copy_kprobe(ap, p);
ret = add_new_kprobe(ap, p);


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Masami Hiramatsu

Software Engineer
Hitachi Computer Products (America) Inc.
Software Solutions Division

e-mail: [email protected]