uprobes: Fold xol_alloc_area() into get_xol_area()
authorOleg Nesterov <oleg@redhat.com>
Mon, 31 Dec 2012 15:39:49 +0000 (16:39 +0100)
committerOleg Nesterov <oleg@redhat.com>
Fri, 8 Feb 2013 16:47:11 +0000 (17:47 +0100)
Currently only xol_get_insn_slot() does get_xol_area() + xol_alloc_area(),
but this will have more users and we do not want to copy-and-paste this
code. This patch simply moves xol_alloc_area() into get_xol_area() to
simplify the current and future code.

Signed-off-by: Oleg Nesterov <oleg@redhat.com>
Acked-by: Anton Arapov <anton@redhat.com>
Acked-by: Srikar Dronamraju <srikar@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
kernel/events/uprobes.c

index ea2e2a85479a26fc87917b28099cdc4bfb6bae9a..7e3e5c5b0d88f1adeafee85f32fcbcd49f94dacf 100644 (file)
@@ -1070,27 +1070,21 @@ static int xol_add_vma(struct xol_area *area)
        return ret;
 }
 
-static struct xol_area *get_xol_area(struct mm_struct *mm)
-{
-       struct xol_area *area;
-
-       area = mm->uprobes_state.xol_area;
-       smp_read_barrier_depends();     /* pairs with wmb in xol_add_vma() */
-
-       return area;
-}
-
 /*
- * xol_alloc_area - Allocate process's xol_area.
- * This area will be used for storing instructions for execution out of
- * line.
+ * get_xol_area - Allocate process's xol_area if necessary.
+ * This area will be used for storing instructions for execution out of line.
  *
  * Returns the allocated area or NULL.
  */
-static struct xol_area *xol_alloc_area(void)
+static struct xol_area *get_xol_area(void)
 {
+       struct mm_struct *mm = current->mm;
        struct xol_area *area;
 
+       area = mm->uprobes_state.xol_area;
+       if (area)
+               goto ret;
+
        area = kzalloc(sizeof(*area), GFP_KERNEL);
        if (unlikely(!area))
                goto out;
@@ -1113,7 +1107,10 @@ static struct xol_area *xol_alloc_area(void)
  free_area:
        kfree(area);
  out:
-       return get_xol_area(current->mm);
+       area = mm->uprobes_state.xol_area;
+ ret:
+       smp_read_barrier_depends();     /* pairs with wmb in xol_add_vma() */
+       return area;
 }
 
 /*
@@ -1189,14 +1186,11 @@ static unsigned long xol_get_insn_slot(struct uprobe *uprobe, unsigned long slot
        unsigned long offset;
        void *vaddr;
 
-       area = get_xol_area(current->mm);
-       if (!area) {
-               area = xol_alloc_area();
-               if (!area)
-                       return 0;
-       }
-       current->utask->xol_vaddr = xol_take_insn_slot(area);
+       area = get_xol_area();
+       if (!area)
+               return 0;
 
+       current->utask->xol_vaddr = xol_take_insn_slot(area);
        /*
         * Initialize the slot if xol_vaddr points to valid
         * instruction slot.