On Tue,  2 Sep 2025 16:34:54 +0200
Jiri Olsa <[email protected]> wrote:

> Adding unique flag to uprobe consumer to ensure it's the only consumer
> attached on the uprobe.
> 
> This is helpful for use cases when consumer wants to change user space
> registers, which might confuse other consumers. With this change we can
> ensure there's only one consumer on specific uprobe.

nit: Does this mean one callback (consumer) is exclusively attached?
If so, "exclusive" will be better wording?

The logic looks good to me.

Thanks,

> 
> Signed-off-by: Jiri Olsa <[email protected]>
> ---
>  include/linux/uprobes.h |  1 +
>  kernel/events/uprobes.c | 30 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++--
>  2 files changed, 29 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/include/linux/uprobes.h b/include/linux/uprobes.h
> index 08ef78439d0d..0df849dee720 100644
> --- a/include/linux/uprobes.h
> +++ b/include/linux/uprobes.h
> @@ -60,6 +60,7 @@ struct uprobe_consumer {
>       struct list_head cons_node;
>  
>       __u64 id;       /* set when uprobe_consumer is registered */
> +     bool is_unique; /* the only consumer on uprobe */
>  };
>  
>  #ifdef CONFIG_UPROBES
> diff --git a/kernel/events/uprobes.c b/kernel/events/uprobes.c
> index 996a81080d56..b9b088f7333a 100644
> --- a/kernel/events/uprobes.c
> +++ b/kernel/events/uprobes.c
> @@ -1024,14 +1024,35 @@ static struct uprobe *alloc_uprobe(struct inode 
> *inode, loff_t offset,
>       return uprobe;
>  }
>  
> -static void consumer_add(struct uprobe *uprobe, struct uprobe_consumer *uc)
> +static bool consumer_can_add(struct list_head *head, struct uprobe_consumer 
> *uc)
> +{
> +     /* Uprobe has no consumer, we can add any. */
> +     if (list_empty(head))
> +             return true;
> +     /* Uprobe has consumer/s, we can't add unique one. */
> +     if (uc->is_unique)
> +             return false;
> +     /*
> +      * Uprobe has consumer/s, we can add nother consumer only if the
> +      * current consumer is not unique.
> +      **/
> +     return !list_first_entry(head, struct uprobe_consumer, 
> cons_node)->is_unique;
> +}
> +
> +static int consumer_add(struct uprobe *uprobe, struct uprobe_consumer *uc)
>  {
>       static atomic64_t id;
> +     int ret = -EBUSY;
>  
>       down_write(&uprobe->consumer_rwsem);
> +     if (!consumer_can_add(&uprobe->consumers, uc))
> +             goto unlock;
>       list_add_rcu(&uc->cons_node, &uprobe->consumers);
>       uc->id = (__u64) atomic64_inc_return(&id);
> +     ret = 0;
> +unlock:
>       up_write(&uprobe->consumer_rwsem);
> +     return ret;
>  }
>  
>  /*
> @@ -1420,7 +1441,12 @@ struct uprobe *uprobe_register(struct inode *inode,
>               return uprobe;
>  
>       down_write(&uprobe->register_rwsem);
> -     consumer_add(uprobe, uc);
> +     ret = consumer_add(uprobe, uc);
> +     if (ret) {
> +             put_uprobe(uprobe);
> +             up_write(&uprobe->register_rwsem);
> +             return ERR_PTR(ret);
> +     }
>       ret = register_for_each_vma(uprobe, uc);
>       up_write(&uprobe->register_rwsem);
>  
> -- 
> 2.51.0
> 


-- 
Masami Hiramatsu (Google) <[email protected]>

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