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livepatch: Don't block removal of patches that are safe to unload

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module_put() is not called for a patch with "forced" flag. It should
block the removal of the livepatch module when the code might still
be in use after forced transition.

klp_force_transition() currently sets "forced" flag for all patches on
the list.

In fact, any patch can be safely unloaded when it passed through
the consistency model in KLP_UNPATCHED transition.

In other words, the "forced" flag must be set only for livepatches
that are being removed. In particular, set the "forced" flag:

  + only for klp_transition_patch when the transition to KLP_UNPATCHED
    state was forced.

  + all replaced patches when the transition to KLP_PATCHED state was
    forced and the patch was replacing the existing patches.

Signed-off-by: Chengming Zhou <zhouchengming@bytedance.com>
Acked-by: Joe Lawrence <joe.lawrence@redhat.com>
Reviewed-by: Petr Mladek <pmladek@suse.com>
Tested-by: Petr Mladek <pmladek@suse.com>
[mbenes@suse.cz: wording improvements]
Signed-off-by: Petr Mladek <pmladek@suse.com>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20220312152220.88127-1-zhouchengming@bytedance.com
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Chengming Zhou 2022-03-12 23:22:20 +08:00 committed by Petr Mladek
parent 77dbd72b98
commit 2957308343
1 changed files with 9 additions and 2 deletions
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@ -641,6 +641,13 @@ void klp_force_transition(void)
for_each_possible_cpu(cpu)
klp_update_patch_state(idle_task(cpu));
klp_for_each_patch(patch)
patch->forced = true;
/* Set forced flag for patches being removed. */
if (klp_target_state == KLP_UNPATCHED)
klp_transition_patch->forced = true;
else if (klp_transition_patch->replace) {
klp_for_each_patch(patch) {
if (patch != klp_transition_patch)
patch->forced = true;
}
}
}