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SubjectRe: [PATCH v7 3.2-rc2 3/30] uprobes: register/unregister probes.
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On Fri, 2011-11-18 at 16:37 +0530, Srikar Dronamraju wrote:
> +int register_uprobe(struct inode *inode, loff_t offset,
> + struct uprobe_consumer *consumer)
> +{
> + struct uprobe *uprobe;
> + int ret = -EINVAL;
> +
> + if (!consumer || consumer->next)
> + return ret;
> +
> + inode = igrab(inode);

So why are you dealing with !consumer but not with !inode? and why does
it make sense to allow !consumer at all?

> + if (!inode)
> + return ret;
> +
> + if (offset > i_size_read(inode))
> + goto reg_out;
> +
> + ret = 0;
> + mutex_lock(uprobes_hash(inode));
> + uprobe = alloc_uprobe(inode, offset);
> + if (uprobe && !add_consumer(uprobe, consumer)) {
> + ret = __register_uprobe(inode, offset, uprobe);
> + if (ret) {
> + uprobe->consumers = NULL;
> + __unregister_uprobe(inode, offset, uprobe);
> + }
> + }
> +
> + mutex_unlock(uprobes_hash(inode));
> + put_uprobe(uprobe);
> +
> +reg_out:
> + iput(inode);
> + return ret;
> +}

So if this function returns an error the caller is responsible for
cleaning up consumer, otherwise we take responsibility.


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