* Tejun Heo <t...@kernel.org> wrote:
> On Thu, Apr 18, 2013 at 06:33:18PM +0900, Masami Hiramatsu wrote:
> > Fix a double locking bug caused when debug.kprobe-optimization=0.
> > While the proc_kprobes_optimization_handler locks kprobe_mutex,
> > wait_for_kprobe_optimizer locks it again and that causes a double lock.
> > To fix the bug, this introduces different mutex for protecting
> > sysctl parameter and locks it in proc_kprobes_optimization_handler.
> > Of course, since we need to lock kprobe_mutex when touching kprobes
> > resources, that is done in *optimize_all_kprobes().
> >
> > This bug was from ad72b3bea744b4db01c89af0f86f3e8920d354df
> >
> > Signed-off-by: Masami Hiramatsu <masami.hiramatsu...@hitachi.com>
> > Cc: Ingo Molnar <mi...@redhat.com>
> > Cc: Tejun Heo <t...@kernel.org>
> > Cc: Ananth N Mavinakayanahalli <ana...@in.ibm.com>
> > Cc: "David S. Miller" <da...@davemloft.net>
>
> Oops,
>
> Acked-by: Tejun Heo <t...@kernel.org>
Since you pushed the original commit, mind pushing this fix to Linus too?
Thanks,
Ingo
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