kprobe, function scheduling - processor lockup - Linux kernel - c

Question

I've a function I wrote in order to run a given function on all processors. It works perfectly well in all cases except the following case:
When I try to use it within a kprobe that I registered.
Here's some code:
static DEFINE_MUTEX(entryMutex);
static struct kretprobe my_kprobe = {
.entry_handler = (kprobe_opcode_t *) NULL,
.handler = (kprobe_opcode_t *) process_entry_callback,
.maxactive = 1000,
.data_size = 0
};
static int driver_init(void)
{
my_kprobe.kp.addr = (kprobe_opcode_t*)kallsyms_lookup_name("sys_execve");
if ((ret = register_kretprobe(&my_kprobe)) < 0)
return -1;
return 0;
}
void foo(void* nothing)
{
printk("In foo\n");
}
static int process_entry_callback(struct kretprobe_instance* instance, struct pt_regs* regs)
{
mutex_lock(&entryMutex);
for(int i = 0; i < 4; ++i) // assumes there are 4 processors
run_func(foo, NULL, i);
mutex_unlock(&entryMutex);
return 0;
}
void run_func_wrap(struct function_data* data)
{
data->func(data->context);
wake_up_process(data->waiting_task);
*(data->condition) = TRUE;
}
void run_func(SCHEDULED_FUNC func, void *context, int processor)
{
struct function_data data;
struct task_struct* th;
BOOLEAN condition = FALSE;
wait_queue_head_t queue;
init_waitqueue_head(&queue);
data.func = func;
data.waiting_task = current;
data.context = context;
data.condition = &condition;
th = kthread_create(sched_func_wrap, &data, "th");
kthread_bind(th, processor);
wake_up_process(th);
wait_event(queue, condition);
}
F
After the call to 'run_func' in process_entry_callback I can no longer run any programs. Every time I start a new program it just stuck. After a while I get 'processor lockup' warning in the system log.
I suspect that it has something to do with the IRQ levels.
Any suggestions ?
EDIT:
It also happens when using the following function:
smp_call_function_single
which can be found in smp.c # the Linux kernel source code.
instead of my function:
run_func