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authorLinus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>2022-01-16 10:08:13 +0200
committerLinus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>2022-01-16 10:08:13 +0200
commit77dbd72b982ca648b42b4feac5f8b2ea55e4ed09 (patch)
treed85f5f036b2416ec9c0136954a3a52e69ceb887d /kernel/livepatch
parentd0a231f01e5b25bacd23e6edc7c979a18a517b2b (diff)
parentb2dfc3fe73b5b305b13467e39386f77133590ea8 (diff)
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Merge tag 'livepatching-for-5.17' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/livepatching/livepatching
Pull livepatching updates from Petr Mladek: - Correctly handle kobjects when a livepatch init fails - Avoid CPU hogging when searching for many livepatched symbols - Add livepatch API page into documentation * tag 'livepatching-for-5.17' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/livepatching/livepatching: livepatch: Avoid CPU hogging with cond_resched livepatch: Fix missing unlock on error in klp_enable_patch() livepatch: Fix kobject refcount bug on klp_init_patch_early failure path Documentation: livepatch: Add livepatch API page
Diffstat (limited to 'kernel/livepatch')
-rw-r--r--kernel/livepatch/core.c29
-rw-r--r--kernel/livepatch/shadow.c6
2 files changed, 16 insertions, 19 deletions
diff --git a/kernel/livepatch/core.c b/kernel/livepatch/core.c
index 335d988bd811..585494ec464f 100644
--- a/kernel/livepatch/core.c
+++ b/kernel/livepatch/core.c
@@ -862,14 +862,11 @@ static void klp_init_object_early(struct klp_patch *patch,
list_add_tail(&obj->node, &patch->obj_list);
}
-static int klp_init_patch_early(struct klp_patch *patch)
+static void klp_init_patch_early(struct klp_patch *patch)
{
struct klp_object *obj;
struct klp_func *func;
- if (!patch->objs)
- return -EINVAL;
-
INIT_LIST_HEAD(&patch->list);
INIT_LIST_HEAD(&patch->obj_list);
kobject_init(&patch->kobj, &klp_ktype_patch);
@@ -879,20 +876,12 @@ static int klp_init_patch_early(struct klp_patch *patch)
init_completion(&patch->finish);
klp_for_each_object_static(patch, obj) {
- if (!obj->funcs)
- return -EINVAL;
-
klp_init_object_early(patch, obj);
klp_for_each_func_static(obj, func) {
klp_init_func_early(obj, func);
}
}
-
- if (!try_module_get(patch->mod))
- return -ENODEV;
-
- return 0;
}
static int klp_init_patch(struct klp_patch *patch)
@@ -1024,10 +1013,17 @@ err:
int klp_enable_patch(struct klp_patch *patch)
{
int ret;
+ struct klp_object *obj;
- if (!patch || !patch->mod)
+ if (!patch || !patch->mod || !patch->objs)
return -EINVAL;
+ klp_for_each_object_static(patch, obj) {
+ if (!obj->funcs)
+ return -EINVAL;
+ }
+
+
if (!is_livepatch_module(patch->mod)) {
pr_err("module %s is not marked as a livepatch module\n",
patch->mod->name);
@@ -1051,12 +1047,13 @@ int klp_enable_patch(struct klp_patch *patch)
return -EINVAL;
}
- ret = klp_init_patch_early(patch);
- if (ret) {
+ if (!try_module_get(patch->mod)) {
mutex_unlock(&klp_mutex);
- return ret;
+ return -ENODEV;
}
+ klp_init_patch_early(patch);
+
ret = klp_init_patch(patch);
if (ret)
goto err;
diff --git a/kernel/livepatch/shadow.c b/kernel/livepatch/shadow.c
index e5c9fb295ba9..c2e724d97ddf 100644
--- a/kernel/livepatch/shadow.c
+++ b/kernel/livepatch/shadow.c
@@ -272,12 +272,12 @@ void klp_shadow_free(void *obj, unsigned long id, klp_shadow_dtor_t dtor)
EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(klp_shadow_free);
/**
- * klp_shadow_free_all() - detach and free all <*, id> shadow variables
+ * klp_shadow_free_all() - detach and free all <_, id> shadow variables
* @id: data identifier
* @dtor: custom callback that can be used to unregister the variable
* and/or free data that the shadow variable points to (optional)
*
- * This function releases the memory for all <*, id> shadow variable
+ * This function releases the memory for all <_, id> shadow variable
* instances, callers should stop referencing them accordingly.
*/
void klp_shadow_free_all(unsigned long id, klp_shadow_dtor_t dtor)
@@ -288,7 +288,7 @@ void klp_shadow_free_all(unsigned long id, klp_shadow_dtor_t dtor)
spin_lock_irqsave(&klp_shadow_lock, flags);
- /* Delete all <*, id> from hash */
+ /* Delete all <_, id> from hash */
hash_for_each(klp_shadow_hash, i, shadow, node) {
if (klp_shadow_match(shadow, shadow->obj, id))
klp_shadow_free_struct(shadow, dtor);