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| author |   Nadav Amit <namit@vmware.com> | 2019-04-25 17:11:41 -0700 |
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| committer |   Ingo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org> | 2019-04-30 12:38:01 +0200 |
| commit | 3950746d9d8ef981c1cb842384e0e86e8d1aad76 (patch) | |
| tree | 1e19dfe4c84a6196653a246e22d63cdd9628ef4a /arch | |
| parent | x86/kprobes: Use vmalloc special flag (diff) | |
| download | linux-dev-3950746d9d8ef981c1cb842384e0e86e8d1aad76.tar.xz linux-dev-3950746d9d8ef981c1cb842384e0e86e8d1aad76.zip | |
x86/alternatives: Add comment about module removal races
Add a comment to clarify that users of text_poke() must ensure that
no races with module removal take place.
Signed-off-by: Nadav Amit <namit@vmware.com>
Signed-off-by: Rick Edgecombe <rick.p.edgecombe@intel.com>
Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra (Intel) <peterz@infradead.org>
Cc: <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Cc: <ard.biesheuvel@linaro.org>
Cc: <deneen.t.dock@intel.com>
Cc: <kernel-hardening@lists.openwall.com>
Cc: <kristen@linux.intel.com>
Cc: <linux_dti@icloud.com>
Cc: <will.deacon@arm.com>
Cc: Andy Lutomirski <luto@kernel.org>
Cc: Borislav Petkov <bp@alien8.de>
Cc: Dave Hansen <dave.hansen@linux.intel.com>
Cc: H. Peter Anvin <hpa@zytor.com>
Cc: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
Cc: Masami Hiramatsu <mhiramat@kernel.org>
Cc: Rik van Riel <riel@surriel.com>
Cc: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20190426001143.4983-22-namit@vmware.com
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org>
Diffstat (limited to 'arch')
| -rw-r--r-- | arch/x86/kernel/alternative.c | 5 |
1 files changed, 5 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/alternative.c b/arch/x86/kernel/alternative.c index 18f959975ea0..7b9b49dfc05a 100644 --- a/arch/x86/kernel/alternative.c +++ b/arch/x86/kernel/alternative.c @@ -810,6 +810,11 @@ static void *__text_poke(void *addr, const void *opcode, size_t len) * It means the size must be writable atomically and the address must be aligned * in a way that permits an atomic write. It also makes sure we fit on a single * page. + * + * Note that the caller must ensure that if the modified code is part of a + * module, the module would not be removed during poking. This can be achieved + * by registering a module notifier, and ordering module removal and patching + * trough a mutex. */ void *text_poke(void *addr, const void *opcode, size_t len) { |