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authorPetr Mladek2019-01-09 13:43:22 +0100
committerJiri Kosina2019-01-11 20:51:24 +0100
commit68007289bf3cd937a5b8fc4987d2787167bd06ca (patch)
tree2c913929da4c5e65fcacdfc5afb47399d86cf446 /kernel/livepatch/core.c
parentlivepatch: Consolidate klp_free functions (diff)
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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 <pmladek@suse.com> Acked-by: Joe Lawrence <joe.lawrence@redhat.com> Acked-by: Miroslav Benes <mbenes@suse.cz> Acked-by: Josh Poimboeuf <jpoimboe@redhat.com> Signed-off-by: Jiri Kosina <jkosina@suse.cz>
Diffstat (limited to 'kernel/livepatch/core.c')
-rw-r--r--kernel/livepatch/core.c4
1 files changed, 3 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/kernel/livepatch/core.c b/kernel/livepatch/core.c
index 6f0d9095f662..e77c5017ae0c 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;
@@ -659,6 +660,7 @@ static int klp_init_patch_early(struct klp_patch *patch)
INIT_LIST_HEAD(&patch->list);
patch->kobj_added = false;
patch->enabled = false;
+ patch->forced = false;
init_completion(&patch->finish);
klp_for_each_object(patch, obj) {