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SubjectRe: [PATCH v2 2.6.38-rc8-tip 5/20] 5: Uprobes: register/unregister probes.
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On Tue, 2011-03-15 at 22:45 +0530, Srikar Dronamraju wrote:
> > > + }
> > > + list_for_each_entry_safe(mm, tmpmm, &tmp_list, uprobes_list) {
> > > + down_read(&mm->mmap_sem);
> > > + if (!install_uprobe(mm, uprobe))
> > > + ret = 0;
> >
> > Installing it once is success ?
>
> This is a little tricky. My intention was to return success even if one
> install is successful. If we return error, then the caller can go
> ahead and free the consumer. Since we return success if there are
> currently no processes that have mapped this inode, I was tempted to
> return success on atleast one successful install.

What about an all or nothing approach. If one fails, remove all that
were installed, and give up.

-- Steve




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