From 68007289bf3cd937a5b8fc4987d2787167bd06ca Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Petr Mladek Date: Wed, 9 Jan 2019 13:43:22 +0100 Subject: livepatch: Don't block the removal of patches loaded after a forced transition 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 give the impression 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 be confusing. 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 Acked-by: Joe Lawrence Acked-by: Miroslav Benes Acked-by: Josh Poimboeuf Signed-off-by: Jiri Kosina --- kernel/livepatch/transition.c | 10 +++++----- 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-) (limited to 'kernel/livepatch/transition.c') diff --git a/kernel/livepatch/transition.c b/kernel/livepatch/transition.c index f27a378ad5e1..a4c921364003 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; } -- cgit v1.2.3