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Re: [RFC] [PATCH 2.6.37-rc5-tip 4/20] 4: uprobes: Adding and remove a uprobe in a rb tree.
- From: Peter Zijlstra <peterz at infradead dot org>
- To: Srikar Dronamraju <srikar at linux dot vnet dot ibm dot com>
- Cc: Ingo Molnar <mingo at elte dot hu>, Steven Rostedt <rostedt at goodmis dot org>, Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme at infradead dot org>, Linus Torvalds <torvalds at linux-foundation dot org>, Masami Hiramatsu <masami dot hiramatsu dot pt at hitachi dot com>, Christoph Hellwig <hch at infradead dot org>, Andi Kleen <andi at firstfloor dot org>, Oleg Nesterov <oleg at redhat dot com>, LKML <linux-kernel at vger dot kernel dot org>, SystemTap <systemtap at sources dot redhat dot com>, Linux-mm <linux-mm at vger dot kernel dot org>, Jim Keniston <jkenisto at linux dot vnet dot ibm dot com>, Frederic Weisbecker <fweisbec at gmail dot com>, Ananth N Mavinakayanahalli <ananth at in dot ibm dot com>, Andrew Morton <akpm at linux-foundation dot org>, "Paul E. McKenney" <paulmck at linux dot vnet dot ibm dot com>
- Date: Tue, 25 Jan 2011 13:15:42 +0100
- Subject: Re: [RFC] [PATCH 2.6.37-rc5-tip 4/20] 4: uprobes: Adding and remove a uprobe in a rb tree.
- References: <20101216095714.23751.52601.sendpatchset@localhost6.localdomain6> <20101216095803.23751.41491.sendpatchset@localhost6.localdomain6>
On Thu, 2010-12-16 at 15:28 +0530, Srikar Dronamraju wrote:
> +/* Should be called lock-less */
> +static void put_uprobe(struct uprobe *uprobe)
> +{
> + if (atomic_dec_and_test(&uprobe->ref))
> + kfree(uprobe);
> +}
Since this instantly frees the uprobe once ref hits 0, the
atomic_inc_not_zero() in find_uprobe() doesn't really make sense does
it?