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kprobes: bugfix: try_module_get even if calling_mod is NULL

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When someone called register_*probe() from kernel-core code(not from
module) and that probes a kernel module, users can remove the probed
module because kprobe doesn't increment reference counter of the module.
(on the other hand, if the kernel-module calls register_*probe, kprobe
increments refcount of the probed module.)

Currently, we have no register_*probe() calling from kernel-core(except
smoke-test, but the smoke-test doesn't probe module), so there is no real
bugs.  But the logic is wrong(or not fair) and it can causes a problem
when someone might want to probe module from kernel.

After this patch is applied, even if someone put register_*probe() call in
the kernel-core code, it increments the reference counter of the probed
module, and it prevents user to remove the module until stopping probing
it.

Signed-off-by: Masami Hiramatsu <mhiramat@redhat.com>
Cc: Lai Jiangshan <laijs@cn.fujitsu.com>
Cc: Ananth N Mavinakayanahalli <ananth@in.ibm.com>
Cc: Hiroshi Shimamoto <h-shimamoto@ct.jp.nec.com>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
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Masami Hiramatsu 2009-01-06 14:41:46 -08:00 committed by Linus Torvalds
parent 51e911e276
commit bc2f70151f
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@ -634,7 +634,7 @@ static int __kprobes __register_kprobe(struct kprobe *p,
* avoid incrementing the module refcount, so as to allow
* unloading of self probing modules.
*/
if (calling_mod && calling_mod != probed_mod) {
if (calling_mod != probed_mod) {
if (unlikely(!try_module_get(probed_mod))) {
preempt_enable();
return -EINVAL;