linux-sg2042/kernel
Steven Rostedt (Red Hat) a949ae560a ftrace/module: Hardcode ftrace_module_init() call into load_module()
A race exists between module loading and enabling of function tracer.

	CPU 1				CPU 2
	-----				-----
  load_module()
   module->state = MODULE_STATE_COMING

				register_ftrace_function()
				 mutex_lock(&ftrace_lock);
				 ftrace_startup()
				  update_ftrace_function();
				   ftrace_arch_code_modify_prepare()
				    set_all_module_text_rw();
				   <enables-ftrace>
				    ftrace_arch_code_modify_post_process()
				     set_all_module_text_ro();

				[ here all module text is set to RO,
				  including the module that is
				  loading!! ]

   blocking_notifier_call_chain(MODULE_STATE_COMING);
    ftrace_init_module()

     [ tries to modify code, but it's RO, and fails!
       ftrace_bug() is called]

When this race happens, ftrace_bug() will produces a nasty warning and
all of the function tracing features will be disabled until reboot.

The simple solution is to treate module load the same way the core
kernel is treated at boot. To hardcode the ftrace function modification
of converting calls to mcount into nops. This is done in init/main.c
there's no reason it could not be done in load_module(). This gives
a better control of the changes and doesn't tie the state of the
module to its notifiers as much. Ftrace is special, it needs to be
treated as such.

The reason this would work, is that the ftrace_module_init() would be
called while the module is in MODULE_STATE_UNFORMED, which is ignored
by the set_all_module_text_ro() call.

Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/1395637826-3312-1-git-send-email-indou.takao@jp.fujitsu.com

Reported-by: Takao Indoh <indou.takao@jp.fujitsu.com>
Acked-by: Rusty Russell <rusty@rustcorp.com.au>
Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org # 2.6.38+
Signed-off-by: Steven Rostedt <rostedt@goodmis.org>
2014-04-28 10:37:21 -04:00
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debug mm: per-thread vma caching 2014-04-07 16:35:53 -07:00
events Merge branch 'for-linus' of git://ftp.arm.linux.org.uk/~rmk/linux-arm 2014-04-05 13:20:43 -07:00
gcov gcov: reuse kbasename helper 2013-11-13 12:09:34 +09:00
irq genirq: Export symbol no_action() 2014-03-22 11:33:09 +01:00
locking Merge branch 'core-urgent-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip 2014-04-16 16:35:18 -07:00
power kernel: use macros from compiler.h instead of __attribute__((...)) 2014-04-07 16:36:11 -07:00
printk printk: fix one circular lockdep warning about console_lock 2014-04-03 16:21:08 -07:00
rcu Merge branch 'sched-core-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip 2014-03-31 11:21:19 -07:00
sched Merge branch 'sched-urgent-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip 2014-04-19 10:40:51 -07:00
time tick-sched: Check tick_nohz_enabled in tick_nohz_switch_to_nohz() 2014-04-15 20:26:58 +02:00
trace ftrace/module: Hardcode ftrace_module_init() call into load_module() 2014-04-28 10:37:21 -04:00
.gitignore Ignore generated file kernel/x509_certificate_list 2013-12-10 18:21:34 +00:00
Kconfig.freezer
Kconfig.hz kernel: remove CONFIG_USE_GENERIC_SMP_HELPERS 2013-11-15 09:32:22 +09:00
Kconfig.locks
Kconfig.preempt
Makefile Merge branch 'x86-asmlinkage-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip 2014-03-31 14:13:25 -07:00
acct.c
async.c
audit.c Merge git://git.infradead.org/users/eparis/audit 2014-04-12 12:38:53 -07:00
audit.h audit: Use struct net not pid_t to remember the network namespce to reply in 2014-03-20 10:10:53 -04:00
audit_tree.c inotify: Fix reporting of cookies for inotify events 2014-02-18 11:17:17 +01:00
audit_watch.c inotify: Fix reporting of cookies for inotify events 2014-02-18 11:17:17 +01:00
auditfilter.c Merge git://git.infradead.org/users/eparis/audit 2014-04-12 12:38:53 -07:00
auditsc.c Merge git://git.infradead.org/users/eparis/audit 2014-04-12 12:38:53 -07:00
backtracetest.c
bounds.c mm: do not allocate page->ptl dynamically, if spinlock_t fits to long 2013-12-20 12:25:45 -08:00
capability.c Merge branch 'for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/jmorris/linux-security 2014-04-03 09:26:18 -07:00
cgroup.c cgroup: newly created dirs and files should be owned by the creator 2014-04-07 16:44:47 -04:00
cgroup_freezer.c cgroup: drop const from @buffer of cftype->write_string() 2014-03-19 10:23:54 -04:00
compat.c Merge branch 'x86-x32-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip 2014-04-02 12:51:41 -07:00
configs.c
context_tracking.c context_tracking: Wrap static key check into more intuitive function name 2013-12-02 20:43:14 +01:00
cpu.c CPU hotplug: Provide lockless versions of callback registration functions 2014-03-20 13:43:40 +01:00
cpu_pm.c
cpuset.c Merge branch 'akpm' (incoming from Andrew) 2014-04-03 16:22:16 -07:00
crash_dump.c
cred.c
delayacct.c kernel/delayacct.c: remove redundant checking in __delayacct_add_tsk() 2013-11-13 12:09:12 +09:00
dma.c
elfcore.c switch elf_core_write_extra_phdrs() to dump_emit() 2013-11-09 00:16:23 -05:00
exec_domain.c
exit.c wait: WSTOPPED|WCONTINUED doesn't work if a zombie leader is traced by another process 2014-04-07 16:36:06 -07:00
extable.c asmlinkage: Make main_extable_sort_needed visible 2014-02-13 18:13:22 -08:00
fork.c kernel: use macros from compiler.h instead of __attribute__((...)) 2014-04-07 16:36:11 -07:00
freezer.c libata, freezer: avoid block device removal while system is frozen 2013-12-19 13:50:32 -05:00
futex.c futex: update documentation for ordering guarantees 2014-04-12 17:57:51 -07:00
futex_compat.c compat: Get rid of (get|put)_compat_time(val|spec) 2014-02-02 14:09:12 -08:00
groups.c kernel/groups.c: remove return value of set_groups 2014-04-03 16:21:05 -07:00
hrtimer.c timer: Remove code redundancy while calling get_nohz_timer_target() 2014-03-20 12:35:46 +01:00
hung_task.c kernel: audit/fix non-modular users of module_init in core code 2014-04-03 16:21:07 -07:00
irq_work.c perf/x86: Warn to early_printk() in case irq_work is too slow 2014-02-21 21:49:07 +01:00
itimer.c
jump_label.c static_key: WARN on usage before jump_label_init was called 2013-10-19 19:45:35 -04:00
kallsyms.c kernel: use macros from compiler.h instead of __attribute__((...)) 2014-04-07 16:36:11 -07:00
kcmp.c
kexec.c kernel: use macros from compiler.h instead of __attribute__((...)) 2014-04-07 16:36:11 -07:00
kmod.c execve: use 'struct filename *' for executable name passing 2014-02-05 12:54:53 -08:00
kprobes.c kprobes: use KSYM_NAME_LEN to size identifier buffers 2013-11-13 12:09:26 +09:00
ksysfs.c kernel: use macros from compiler.h instead of __attribute__((...)) 2014-04-07 16:36:11 -07:00
kthread.c kthread: ensure locality of task_struct allocations 2014-04-03 16:20:49 -07:00
latencytop.c
module-internal.h KEYS: Separate the kernel signature checking keyring from module signing 2013-09-25 17:17:01 +01:00
module.c ftrace/module: Hardcode ftrace_module_init() call into load_module() 2014-04-28 10:37:21 -04:00
module_signing.c keys: change asymmetric keys to use common hash definitions 2013-10-25 17:15:18 -04:00
notifier.c notifier: Substitute rcu_access_pointer() for rcu_dereference_raw() 2014-02-26 06:35:13 -08:00
nsproxy.c Merge branch 'for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/ebiederm/user-namespace 2013-09-07 14:35:32 -07:00
padata.c padata: Fix wrong usage of rcu_dereference() 2013-12-05 21:28:42 +08:00
panic.c kernel/panic.c: display reason at end + pr_emerg 2014-04-07 16:36:08 -07:00
params.c params: improve standard definitions 2013-12-04 14:09:46 +10:30
pid.c pidns: fix free_pid() to handle the first fork failure 2013-09-30 14:31:03 -07:00
pid_namespace.c pid_namespace: pidns_get() should check task_active_pid_ns() != NULL 2014-04-02 16:20:21 -07:00
posix-cpu-timers.c posix-timers: Convert abuses of BUG_ON to WARN_ON 2013-12-09 16:56:29 +01:00
posix-timers.c
profile.c CPU hotplug notifiers registration fixes for 3.15-rc1 2014-04-07 14:55:46 -07:00
ptrace.c kernel/compat: convert to COMPAT_SYSCALL_DEFINE 2014-03-06 15:35:10 +01:00
range.c range: Do not add new blank slot with add_range_with_merge 2013-06-18 11:32:10 -05:00
reboot.c kexec: migrate to reboot cpu 2013-12-18 19:04:50 -08:00
relay.c Merge branch 'for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/viro/vfs 2014-04-12 14:49:50 -07:00
res_counter.c res_counter: remove interface for locked charging and uncharging 2014-04-07 16:35:54 -07:00
resource.c kernel/resource.c: make reallocate_resource() static 2014-04-03 16:21:07 -07:00
seccomp.c seccomp: fix memory leak on filter attach 2014-04-16 15:25:53 -04:00
signal.c kernel: use macros from compiler.h instead of __attribute__((...)) 2014-04-07 16:36:11 -07:00
smp.c smp: Rename __smp_call_function_single() to smp_call_function_single_async() 2014-02-24 14:47:15 -08:00
smpboot.c kernel: delete __cpuinit usage from all core kernel files 2013-07-14 19:36:59 -04:00
smpboot.h
softirq.c softirq: Add linux/irq.h to make it compile again 2014-03-19 11:28:14 +01:00
stacktrace.c
stop_machine.c stop_machine: Fix^2 race between stop_two_cpus() and stop_cpus() 2014-03-11 11:33:47 +01:00
sys.c mm, thp: add VM_INIT_DEF_MASK and PRCTL_THP_DISABLE 2014-04-07 16:35:52 -07:00
sys_ni.c fs, kernel: permit disabling the uselib syscall 2014-04-03 16:21:05 -07:00
sysctl.c hung_task: check the value of "sysctl_hung_task_timeout_sec" 2014-04-07 16:36:07 -07:00
sysctl_binary.c kernel/sysctl_binary.c: use scnprintf() instead of snprintf() 2013-11-13 12:09:33 +09:00
system_certificates.S KEYS: correct alignment of system_certificate_list content in assembly file 2013-12-10 18:25:28 +00:00
system_keyring.c KEYS: correct alignment of system_certificate_list content in assembly file 2013-12-10 18:25:28 +00:00
task_work.c task_work: documentation 2013-09-11 15:58:27 -07:00
taskstats.c genetlink: only pass array to genl_register_family_with_ops() 2013-11-19 16:39:05 -05:00
test_kprobes.c
time.c sched: Rename sched.c as sched/core.c in comments and Documentation 2013-06-19 12:58:42 +02:00
timeconst.bc
timer.c Merge branch 'timers-core-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip 2014-04-01 11:00:07 -07:00
torture.c rcutorture: Gracefully handle NULL cleanup hooks 2014-02-23 09:04:39 -08:00
tracepoint.c This includes the final patch to clean up and fix the issue with the 2014-04-12 13:06:10 -07:00
tsacct.c
uid16.c userns: Kill nsown_capable it makes the wrong thing easy 2013-08-30 23:44:11 -07:00
up.c smp: Rename __smp_call_function_single() to smp_call_function_single_async() 2014-02-24 14:47:15 -08:00
user-return-notifier.c
user.c kernel: audit/fix non-modular users of module_init in core code 2014-04-03 16:21:07 -07:00
user_namespace.c user namespace: fix incorrect memory barriers 2014-04-14 16:03:02 -07:00
utsname.c userns: Kill nsown_capable it makes the wrong thing easy 2013-08-30 23:44:11 -07:00
utsname_sysctl.c
watchdog.c kernel/watchdog.c:touch_softlockup_watchdog(): use raw_cpu_write() 2014-04-18 16:40:08 -07:00
workqueue.c Merge branch 'timers-core-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip 2014-04-01 11:00:07 -07:00
workqueue_internal.h sched: Rename sched.c as sched/core.c in comments and Documentation 2013-06-19 12:58:42 +02:00