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    kprobes: Inverse taking of module_mutex with kprobe_mutex · 72ef3794
    Steven Rostedt authored
    Currently module_mutex is taken before kprobe_mutex, but this
    can cause issues when we have kprobes register ftrace, as the ftrace
    mutex is taken before enabling a tracepoint, which currently takes
    the module mutex.
    
    If module_mutex is taken before kprobe_mutex, then we can not
    have kprobes use the ftrace infrastructure.
    
    There seems to be no reason that the kprobe_mutex can't be taken
    before the module_mutex. Running lockdep shows that it is safe
    among the kernels I've run.
    
    Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/20120605102814.27845.21047.stgit@localhost.localdomain
    
    
    
    Cc: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
    Cc: Ingo Molnar <mingo@redhat.com>
    Cc: "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@zytor.com>
    Cc: Ananth N Mavinakayanahalli <ananth@in.ibm.com>
    Cc: "Frank Ch. Eigler" <fche@redhat.com>
    Cc: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
    Cc: Frederic Weisbecker <fweisbec@gmail.com>
    Cc: Masami Hiramatsu <masami.hiramatsu.pt@hitachi.com>
    Signed-off-by: default avatarSteven Rostedt <rostedt@goodmis.org>
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