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Diffstat (limited to 'kernel')
| -rw-r--r-- | kernel/kprobes.c | 14 |
1 files changed, 8 insertions, 6 deletions
diff --git a/kernel/kprobes.c b/kernel/kprobes.c index 15fba7fe57c8..a8fc1492b308 100644 --- a/kernel/kprobes.c +++ b/kernel/kprobes.c @@ -573,13 +573,15 @@ static void kprobe_optimizer(struct work_struct *work) do_unoptimize_kprobes(); /* - * Step 2: Wait for quiesence period to ensure all running interrupts - * are done. Because optprobe may modify multiple instructions - * there is a chance that Nth instruction is interrupted. In that - * case, running interrupt can return to 2nd-Nth byte of jump - * instruction. This wait is for avoiding it. + * Step 2: Wait for quiesence period to ensure all potentially + * preempted tasks to have normally scheduled. Because optprobe + * may modify multiple instructions, there is a chance that Nth + * instruction is preempted. In that case, such tasks can return + * to 2nd-Nth byte of jump instruction. This wait is for avoiding it. + * Note that on non-preemptive kernel, this is transparently converted + * to synchronoze_sched() to wait for all interrupts to have completed. */ - synchronize_sched(); + synchronize_rcu_tasks(); /* Step 3: Optimize kprobes after quiesence period */ do_optimize_kprobes(); |