write_opcode() does lock_page(new_page) for no reason. Nobody can see this page until __replace_page() exposes it under ptl lock, and we do nothing with this page after pte_unmap_unlock().
If nothing else, the similar code in do_wp_page() doesn't lock the new page for page_add_new_anon_rmap/set_pte_at_notify. Signed-off-by: Oleg Nesterov <[email protected]> Acked-by: Srikar Dronamraju <srikar.vnet.ibm.com> --- kernel/events/uprobes.c | 2 -- 1 files changed, 0 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/kernel/events/uprobes.c b/kernel/events/uprobes.c index fbb4188..dff8da2 100644 --- a/kernel/events/uprobes.c +++ b/kernel/events/uprobes.c @@ -239,9 +239,7 @@ retry: if (ret) goto unlock_out; - lock_page(new_page); ret = __replace_page(vma, vaddr, old_page, new_page); - unlock_page(new_page); unlock_out: unlock_page(old_page); -- 1.5.5.1 -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to [email protected] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/

