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From: Petr Mladek <pmladek@suse.com>
To: Jiri Kosina <jikos@kernel.org>,
	Josh Poimboeuf <jpoimboe@redhat.com>,
	Miroslav Benes <mbenes@suse.cz>
Cc: Jason Baron <jbaron@akamai.com>,
	Joe Lawrence <joe.lawrence@redhat.com>,
	Evgenii Shatokhin <eshatokhin@virtuozzo.com>,
	live-patching@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
	Petr Mladek <pmladek@suse.com>
Subject: [PATCH v13 05/12] livepatch: Refuse to unload only livepatches available during a forced transition
Date: Mon, 15 Oct 2018 14:37:06 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20181015123713.25868-6-pmladek@suse.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20181015123713.25868-1-pmladek@suse.com>

module_put() is currently never called in klp_complete_transition() when
klp_force is set. As a result, we might keep the reference count even when
klp_enable_patch() fails and klp_cancel_transition() is called.

This might make an assumption that a module might get blocked in some
strange init state. Fortunately, it is not the case. The reference count
is ignored when mod->init fails and erroneous modules are always removed.

Anyway, this might make some confusion. Instead, this patch moves
the global klp_forced flag into struct klp_patch. As a result,
we block only modules that might still be in use after a forced
transition. Newly loaded livepatches might be eventually completely
removed later.

It is not a big deal. But the code is at least consistent with
the reality.

Signed-off-by: Petr Mladek <pmladek@suse.com>
---
 include/linux/livepatch.h     |  2 ++
 kernel/livepatch/core.c       |  4 +++-
 kernel/livepatch/core.h       |  1 +
 kernel/livepatch/transition.c | 10 +++++-----
 4 files changed, 11 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)

diff --git a/include/linux/livepatch.h b/include/linux/livepatch.h
index 1163742b27c0..77fce7d385df 100644
--- a/include/linux/livepatch.h
+++ b/include/linux/livepatch.h
@@ -138,6 +138,7 @@ struct klp_object {
  * @list:	list node for global list of registered patches
  * @kobj:	kobject for sysfs resources
  * @enabled:	the patch is enabled (but operation may be incomplete)
+ * @forced:	was involved in a forced transition
  * @finish:	for waiting till it is safe to remove the patch module
  */
 struct klp_patch {
@@ -149,6 +150,7 @@ struct klp_patch {
 	struct list_head list;
 	struct kobject kobj;
 	bool enabled;
+	bool forced;
 	struct completion finish;
 };
 
diff --git a/kernel/livepatch/core.c b/kernel/livepatch/core.c
index 17cb974522d0..f38637326ac2 100644
--- a/kernel/livepatch/core.c
+++ b/kernel/livepatch/core.c
@@ -45,7 +45,8 @@
  */
 DEFINE_MUTEX(klp_mutex);
 
-static LIST_HEAD(klp_patches);
+/* Registered patches */
+LIST_HEAD(klp_patches);
 
 static struct kobject *klp_root_kobj;
 
@@ -647,6 +648,7 @@ static int klp_init_patch(struct klp_patch *patch)
 	mutex_lock(&klp_mutex);
 
 	patch->enabled = false;
+	patch->forced = false;
 	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&patch->list);
 	init_completion(&patch->finish);
 
diff --git a/kernel/livepatch/core.h b/kernel/livepatch/core.h
index 48a83d4364cf..d0cb5390e247 100644
--- a/kernel/livepatch/core.h
+++ b/kernel/livepatch/core.h
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@
 #include <linux/livepatch.h>
 
 extern struct mutex klp_mutex;
+extern struct list_head klp_patches;
 
 static inline bool klp_is_object_loaded(struct klp_object *obj)
 {
diff --git a/kernel/livepatch/transition.c b/kernel/livepatch/transition.c
index 982a2e4c6120..30a28634c88c 100644
--- a/kernel/livepatch/transition.c
+++ b/kernel/livepatch/transition.c
@@ -33,8 +33,6 @@ struct klp_patch *klp_transition_patch;
 
 static int klp_target_state = KLP_UNDEFINED;
 
-static bool klp_forced = false;
-
 /*
  * This work can be performed periodically to finish patching or unpatching any
  * "straggler" tasks which failed to transition in the first attempt.
@@ -137,10 +135,10 @@ static void klp_complete_transition(void)
 		  klp_target_state == KLP_PATCHED ? "patching" : "unpatching");
 
 	/*
-	 * klp_forced set implies unbounded increase of module's ref count if
+	 * patch->forced set implies unbounded increase of module's ref count if
 	 * the module is disabled/enabled in a loop.
 	 */
-	if (!klp_forced && klp_target_state == KLP_UNPATCHED)
+	if (!klp_transition_patch->forced && klp_target_state == KLP_UNPATCHED)
 		module_put(klp_transition_patch->mod);
 
 	klp_target_state = KLP_UNDEFINED;
@@ -620,6 +618,7 @@ void klp_send_signals(void)
  */
 void klp_force_transition(void)
 {
+	struct klp_patch *patch;
 	struct task_struct *g, *task;
 	unsigned int cpu;
 
@@ -633,5 +632,6 @@ void klp_force_transition(void)
 	for_each_possible_cpu(cpu)
 		klp_update_patch_state(idle_task(cpu));
 
-	klp_forced = true;
+	list_for_each_entry(patch, &klp_patches, list)
+		patch->forced = true;
 }
-- 
2.13.7


  parent reply	other threads:[~2018-10-15 12:37 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 35+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2018-10-15 12:37 [PATCH v13 00/12] livepatch: Atomic replace feature Petr Mladek
2018-10-15 12:37 ` [PATCH v13 01/12] livepatch: Change void *new_func -> unsigned long new_addr in struct klp_func Petr Mladek
2018-10-15 12:37 ` [PATCH v13 02/12] livepatch: Helper macros to define livepatch structures Petr Mladek
2018-10-17 18:17   ` Josh Poimboeuf
2018-10-18 11:11     ` Petr Mladek
2018-10-18 12:58       ` Josh Poimboeuf
2018-10-24 11:28         ` Petr Mladek
2018-11-21 12:17           ` Miroslav Benes
2018-10-15 12:37 ` [PATCH v13 03/12] livepatch: Shuffle klp_enable_patch()/klp_disable_patch() code Petr Mladek
2018-10-15 12:37 ` [PATCH v13 04/12] livepatch: Consolidate klp_free functions Petr Mladek
2018-10-17 18:22   ` Josh Poimboeuf
2018-10-18 11:40     ` Petr Mladek
2018-11-21 13:59   ` Miroslav Benes
2018-11-21 14:40     ` Petr Mladek
2018-10-15 12:37 ` Petr Mladek [this message]
2018-10-17 18:35   ` [PATCH v13 05/12] livepatch: Refuse to unload only livepatches available during a forced transition Josh Poimboeuf
2018-10-18 12:09     ` Petr Mladek
2018-10-18 13:00       ` Josh Poimboeuf
2018-10-15 12:37 ` [PATCH v13 06/12] livepatch: Simplify API by removing registration step Petr Mladek
2018-10-17 19:06   ` Josh Poimboeuf
2018-10-18 12:33     ` Petr Mladek
2018-10-15 12:37 ` [PATCH v13 07/12] livepatch: Use lists to manage patches, objects and functions Petr Mladek
2018-10-17 20:31   ` Josh Poimboeuf
2018-10-18 12:34     ` Petr Mladek
2018-10-15 12:37 ` [PATCH v13 08/12] livepatch: Add atomic replace Petr Mladek
2018-11-23 12:00   ` Miroslav Benes
2018-10-15 12:37 ` [PATCH v13 09/12] livepatch: Remove Nop structures when unused Petr Mladek
2018-10-17 20:48   ` Josh Poimboeuf
2018-10-18 12:40     ` Petr Mladek
2018-10-15 12:37 ` [PATCH v13 10/12] livepatch: Atomic replace and cumulative patches documentation Petr Mladek
2018-10-15 12:37 ` [PATCH v13 11/12] livepatch: Remove ordering and refuse loading conflicting patches Petr Mladek
2018-10-15 12:37 ` [PATCH v13 12/12] selftests/livepatch: introduce tests Petr Mladek
2018-10-15 19:46   ` Joe Lawrence
2018-10-17 20:48   ` Josh Poimboeuf
2018-10-18 13:34 ` [PATCH v13 00/12] livepatch: Atomic replace feature Josh Poimboeuf

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