On Fri, Jul 12, 2024 at 02:28:13PM -0700, Andrii Nakryiko wrote:

> > @@ -1814,7 +1822,7 @@ static int dup_utask(struct task_struct
> >                         return -ENOMEM;
> >
> >                 *n = *o;
> > -               get_uprobe(n->uprobe);
> > +               __srcu_clone_read_lock(&uretprobes_srcu, n->srcu_idx);
> 
> do we need to add this __srcu_clone_read_lock hack just to avoid
> taking a refcount in dup_utask (i.e., on process fork)? This is not
> that frequent and performance-sensitive case, so it seems like it
> should be fine to take refcount and avoid doing srcu_read_unlock() in
> a new process. Just like the case with long-running uretprobes where
> you convert SRCU lock into refcount.

Yes, I suppose that is now possible too. But it makes the patches harder
to split. Let me ponder that after I get it to pass your stress thing.

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