Hi, register_kprobe() routine was calling spin_unlock_irqrestore() wrongly. This patch removes unwanted spin_unlock_irqrestore() call in register_kprobe() routine.
Signed-off-by: Prasanna S Panchamukhi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> --- --- linux-2.6.11-prasanna/kernel/kprobes.c | 5 +++-- 1 files changed, 3 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff -puN kernel/kprobes.c~kprobes-incorrect-returnval kernel/kprobes.c --- linux-2.6.11/kernel/kprobes.c~kprobes-incorrect-returnval 2005-03-16 11:03:42.000000000 +0530 +++ linux-2.6.11-prasanna/kernel/kprobes.c 2005-03-16 11:03:42.000000000 +0530 @@ -79,7 +79,7 @@ int register_kprobe(struct kprobe *p) unsigned long flags = 0; if ((ret = arch_prepare_kprobe(p)) != 0) { - goto out; + goto rm_kprobe; } spin_lock_irqsave(&kprobe_lock, flags); INIT_HLIST_NODE(&p->hlist); @@ -96,8 +96,9 @@ int register_kprobe(struct kprobe *p) *p->addr = BREAKPOINT_INSTRUCTION; flush_icache_range((unsigned long) p->addr, (unsigned long) p->addr + sizeof(kprobe_opcode_t)); - out: +out: spin_unlock_irqrestore(&kprobe_lock, flags); +rm_kprobe: if (ret == -EEXIST) arch_remove_kprobe(p); return ret; _ Thanks Prasanna -- Prasanna S Panchamukhi Linux Technology Center India Software Labs, IBM Bangalore Ph: 91-80-25044636 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/