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SubjectRe: [PATCH 1/1] tracing: Simplify trace_array_get()
On 07/19, Steven Rostedt wrote:
>
> On Fri, 2013-07-19 at 19:20 +0200, Oleg Nesterov wrote:
>
> > Yes. But unless I missed something again this logic doesn't look exactly
> > correct. Because it seems that trace_array_get() can succeed when it
> > shoudn't.
> >
> > trace_array_get() can race with instance_delete() + new_instance_create(),
> > and _create()->kzalloc() can return the same memory which was freed by
> > _delete().
> >
> > No?
>
> Correct, but I don't see that as a major problem, do you?

Neither me. I should have mentioned this.

Except "might get a strange result" as you said.

But I have to admit, I am still trying to find something really bad ;)

Oleg.



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