From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Rick Edgecombe Subject: [PATCH v3 20/20] x86/alternative: Comment about module removal races Date: Thu, 21 Feb 2019 15:44:51 -0800 Message-Id: <20190221234451.17632-21-rick.p.edgecombe@intel.com> In-Reply-To: <20190221234451.17632-1-rick.p.edgecombe@intel.com> References: <20190221234451.17632-1-rick.p.edgecombe@intel.com> To: Andy Lutomirski , Ingo Molnar Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, x86@kernel.org, hpa@zytor.com, Thomas Gleixner , Borislav Petkov , Nadav Amit , Dave Hansen , Peter Zijlstra , linux_dti@icloud.com, linux-integrity@vger.kernel.org, linux-security-module@vger.kernel.org, akpm@linux-foundation.org, kernel-hardening@lists.openwall.com, linux-mm@kvack.org, will.deacon@arm.com, ard.biesheuvel@linaro.org, kristen@linux.intel.com, deneen.t.dock@intel.com, Nadav Amit , Masami Hiramatsu , Rick Edgecombe List-ID: From: Nadav Amit Add a comment to clarify that users of text_poke() must ensure that no races with module removal take place. Cc: Masami Hiramatsu Signed-off-by: Nadav Amit Signed-off-by: Rick Edgecombe --- arch/x86/kernel/alternative.c | 5 +++++ 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+) diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/alternative.c b/arch/x86/kernel/alternative.c index c63707e7ed3d..a1335b9486bf 100644 --- a/arch/x86/kernel/alternative.c +++ b/arch/x86/kernel/alternative.c @@ -809,6 +809,11 @@ static void *__text_poke(void *addr, const void *opcode, size_t len) * It means the size must be writable atomically and the address must be aligned * in a way that permits an atomic write. It also makes sure we fit on a single * page. + * + * Note that the caller must ensure that if the modified code is part of a + * module, the module would not be removed during poking. This can be achieved + * by registering a module notifier, and ordering module removal and patching + * trough a mutex. */ void *text_poke(void *addr, const void *opcode, size_t len) { -- 2.17.1