[PATCH 2/6] uprobes/x86: Optimize is_optimize()

From: Peter Zijlstra
Date: Thu Aug 21 2025 - 08:47:10 EST


Make is_optimized() return a tri-state and avoid return through
argument. This simplifies things a little.

Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra (Intel) <peterz@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
arch/x86/kernel/uprobes.c | 34 +++++++++++++---------------------
1 file changed, 13 insertions(+), 21 deletions(-)

--- a/arch/x86/kernel/uprobes.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/uprobes.c
@@ -1047,7 +1047,7 @@ static bool __is_optimized(uprobe_opcode
return __in_uprobe_trampoline(vaddr + 5 + call->raddr);
}

-static int is_optimized(struct mm_struct *mm, unsigned long vaddr, bool *optimized)
+static int is_optimized(struct mm_struct *mm, unsigned long vaddr)
{
uprobe_opcode_t insn[5];
int err;
@@ -1055,8 +1055,7 @@ static int is_optimized(struct mm_struct
err = copy_from_vaddr(mm, vaddr, &insn, 5);
if (err)
return err;
- *optimized = __is_optimized((uprobe_opcode_t *)&insn, vaddr);
- return 0;
+ return __is_optimized((uprobe_opcode_t *)&insn, vaddr);
}

static bool should_optimize(struct arch_uprobe *auprobe)
@@ -1069,17 +1068,14 @@ int set_swbp(struct arch_uprobe *auprobe
unsigned long vaddr)
{
if (should_optimize(auprobe)) {
- bool optimized = false;
- int err;
-
/*
* We could race with another thread that already optimized the probe,
* so let's not overwrite it with int3 again in this case.
*/
- err = is_optimized(vma->vm_mm, vaddr, &optimized);
- if (err)
- return err;
- if (optimized)
+ int ret = is_optimized(vma->vm_mm, vaddr);
+ if (ret < 0)
+ return ret;
+ if (ret)
return 0;
}
return uprobe_write_opcode(auprobe, vma, vaddr, UPROBE_SWBP_INSN,
@@ -1090,17 +1086,13 @@ int set_orig_insn(struct arch_uprobe *au
unsigned long vaddr)
{
if (test_bit(ARCH_UPROBE_FLAG_CAN_OPTIMIZE, &auprobe->flags)) {
- struct mm_struct *mm = vma->vm_mm;
- bool optimized = false;
- int err;
-
- err = is_optimized(mm, vaddr, &optimized);
- if (err)
- return err;
- if (optimized) {
- err = swbp_unoptimize(auprobe, vma, vaddr);
- WARN_ON_ONCE(err);
- return err;
+ int ret = is_optimized(vma->vm_mm, vaddr);
+ if (ret < 0)
+ return ret;
+ if (ret) {
+ ret = swbp_unoptimize(auprobe, vma, vaddr);
+ WARN_ON_ONCE(ret);
+ return ret;
}
}
return uprobe_write_opcode(auprobe, vma, vaddr, *(uprobe_opcode_t *)&auprobe->insn,