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authorPeter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org>2015-02-26 16:23:11 +0100
committerIngo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org>2015-03-23 10:49:07 +0100
commit35a9393c95b31870a74f51a3e7455f33f5657b6f (patch)
tree9a0e913b3d2dc02956c03a24b535a3604bb2dfa7 /kernel/module.c
parentbc465aa9d045feb0e13b4a8f32cc33c1943f62d6 (diff)
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lockdep: Fix the module unload key range freeing logic
Module unload calls lockdep_free_key_range(), which removes entries from the data structures. Most of the lockdep code OTOH assumes the data structures are append only; in specific see the comments in add_lock_to_list() and look_up_lock_class(). Clearly this has only worked by accident; make it work proper. The actual scenario to make it go boom would involve the memory freed by the module unlock being re-allocated and re-used for a lock inside of a rcu-sched grace period. This is a very unlikely scenario, still better plug the hole. Use RCU list iteration in all places and ammend the comments. Change lockdep_free_key_range() to issue a sync_sched() between removal from the lists and returning -- which results in the memory being freed. Further ensure the callers are placed correctly and comment the requirements. Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra (Intel) <peterz@infradead.org> Cc: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Cc: Andrey Tsyvarev <tsyvarev@ispras.ru> Cc: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org> Cc: Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@linux.vnet.ibm.com> Cc: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org> Cc: Rusty Russell <rusty@rustcorp.com.au> Cc: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de> Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org>
Diffstat (limited to 'kernel/module.c')
-rw-r--r--kernel/module.c8
1 files changed, 4 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/kernel/module.c b/kernel/module.c
index b3d634ed06c9..99fdf94efce8 100644
--- a/kernel/module.c
+++ b/kernel/module.c
@@ -1865,7 +1865,7 @@ static void free_module(struct module *mod)
kfree(mod->args);
percpu_modfree(mod);
- /* Free lock-classes: */
+ /* Free lock-classes; relies on the preceding sync_rcu(). */
lockdep_free_key_range(mod->module_core, mod->core_size);
/* Finally, free the core (containing the module structure) */
@@ -3349,9 +3349,6 @@ static int load_module(struct load_info *info, const char __user *uargs,
module_bug_cleanup(mod);
mutex_unlock(&module_mutex);
- /* Free lock-classes: */
- lockdep_free_key_range(mod->module_core, mod->core_size);
-
/* we can't deallocate the module until we clear memory protection */
unset_module_init_ro_nx(mod);
unset_module_core_ro_nx(mod);
@@ -3375,6 +3372,9 @@ static int load_module(struct load_info *info, const char __user *uargs,
synchronize_rcu();
mutex_unlock(&module_mutex);
free_module:
+ /* Free lock-classes; relies on the preceding sync_rcu() */
+ lockdep_free_key_range(mod->module_core, mod->core_size);
+
module_deallocate(mod, info);
free_copy:
free_copy(info);