From e8386a0cb22f4a2d439384212c494ad0bda848fe Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Masami Hiramatsu Date: Tue, 6 Jan 2009 14:41:52 -0800 Subject: 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 Acked-by: Ananth N Mavinakayanahalli Cc: Anil S Keshavamurthy Signed-off-by: Masami Hiramatsu Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds --- Documentation/kprobes.txt | 5 ++++- 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) (limited to 'Documentation') diff --git a/Documentation/kprobes.txt b/Documentation/kprobes.txt index a79633d702b..48b3de90eb1 100644 --- a/Documentation/kprobes.txt +++ b/Documentation/kprobes.txt @@ -497,7 +497,10 @@ The first column provides the kernel address where the probe is inserted. The second column identifies the type of probe (k - kprobe, r - kretprobe and j - jprobe), while the third column specifies the symbol+offset of the probe. If the probed function belongs to a module, the module name -is also specified. +is also specified. Following columns show probe status. If the probe is on +a virtual address that is no longer valid (module init sections, module +virtual addresses that correspond to modules that've been unloaded), +such probes are marked with [GONE]. /debug/kprobes/enabled: Turn kprobes ON/OFF -- cgit v1.2.3