kprobes: support probing module __exit function
authorMasami Hiramatsu <mhiramat@redhat.com>
Tue, 6 Jan 2009 22:41:52 +0000 (14:41 -0800)
committerLinus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
Tue, 6 Jan 2009 23:59:21 +0000 (15:59 -0800)
commite8386a0cb22f4a2d439384212c494ad0bda848fe
tree84c462bccddead49c0e2c0dcfcc0f70cd9cf60f7
parent017c39bdb1b3ac1da6db339474a77b528043c05a
kprobes: support probing module __exit function

Allows kprobes to probe __exit routine.  This adds flags member to struct
kprobe.  When module is freed(kprobes hooks module_notifier to get this
event), kprobes which probe the functions in that module are set to "Gone"
flag to the flags member.  These "Gone" probes are never be enabled.
Users can check the GONE flag through debugfs.

This also removes mod_refcounted, because we couldn't free a module if
kprobe incremented the refcount of that module.

[akpm@linux-foundation.org: document some locking]
[mhiramat@redhat.com: bugfix: pass aggr_kprobe to arch_remove_kprobe]
[mhiramat@redhat.com: bugfix: release old_p's insn_slot before error return]
Signed-off-by: Masami Hiramatsu <mhiramat@redhat.com>
Acked-by: Ananth N Mavinakayanahalli <ananth@in.ibm.com>
Cc: Anil S Keshavamurthy <anil.s.keshavamurthy@intel.com>
Signed-off-by: Masami Hiramatsu <mhiramat@redhat.com>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
Documentation/kprobes.txt
include/linux/kprobes.h
kernel/kprobes.c