linux/arch/x86_64
Zhang, Yanmin 2dd960d66b [PATCH] utilization of kprobe_mutex is incorrect on x86_64
The up()/down() orders are incorrect in arch/x86_64/kprobes.c file.
kprobe_mutext is used to protect the free kprobe instruction slot list.
arch_prepare_kprobe applies for a slot from the free list, and
arch_remove_kprobe returns a slot to the free list.  The incorrect up()/down()
orders to operate on kprobe_mutex fail to protect the free list.  If 2 threads
try to get/return kprobe instruction slot at the same time, the free slot list
might be broken, or a free slot might be applied by 2 threads.

Signed-off-by: Zhang Yanmin <Yanmin.zhang@intel.com>
Cc: Andi Kleen <ak@muc.de>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
2005-09-30 12:41:20 -07:00
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boot [PATCH] x86-64: Fix gcc 4 warnings about pointer signedness 2005-09-12 10:50:56 -07:00
crypto [PATCH] x86_64: add MODULE_ALIAS for aes 2005-08-08 15:29:13 -07:00
ia32 [PATCH] error path in setup_arg_pages() misses vm_unacct_memory() 2005-09-14 11:18:13 -07:00
kernel [PATCH] utilization of kprobe_mutex is incorrect on x86_64 2005-09-30 12:41:20 -07:00
lib [LIB]: Consolidate _atomic_dec_and_lock() 2005-09-14 21:47:01 -07:00
mm [PATCH] x86-64: Use correct mask to compute conflicting nodes in SRAT 2005-09-12 10:50:58 -07:00
oprofile Linux-2.6.12-rc2 2005-04-16 15:20:36 -07:00
pci [PATCH] x86-64: Use ACPI PXM to parse PCI<->node assignments 2005-09-12 10:49:57 -07:00
defconfig [PATCH] x86-64: Update defconfig 2005-09-12 10:49:55 -07:00
Kconfig [PATCH] update URL for HPET spec. 2005-09-21 10:12:18 -07:00
Kconfig.debug Linux-2.6.12-rc2 2005-04-16 15:20:36 -07:00
Makefile kbuild: alpha,x86_64 use generic asm-offsets.h support 2005-09-09 21:28:48 +02:00