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authorLinus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>2022-10-10 11:36:19 -0700
committerLinus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>2022-10-10 11:36:19 -0700
commit4de65c5830233e7a4adf2e679510089ec4e210c7 (patch)
tree1b43fc3da753b18242bbad08c68ef65fa0a1a2a9 /kernel
parentb520410654103086ccc0d339c0ff645d4c4dd697 (diff)
parent59b2a38c6afdc9341ac4fcff455bfdf77113ed37 (diff)
Merge tag 'livepatching-for-6.1' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/livepatching/livepatching
Pull livepatching updates from Petr Mladek: - Fix race between fork and livepatch transition revert - Add sysfs entry that shows "patched" state for each object (module) that can be livepatched by the given livepatch - Some clean up * tag 'livepatching-for-6.1' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/livepatching/livepatching: selftests/livepatch: add sysfs test livepatch: add sysfs entry "patched" for each klp_object selftests/livepatch: normalize sysctl error message livepatch: Add a missing newline character in klp_module_coming() livepatch: fix race between fork and KLP transition
Diffstat (limited to 'kernel')
-rw-r--r--kernel/livepatch/core.c20
-rw-r--r--kernel/livepatch/transition.c18
2 files changed, 35 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/kernel/livepatch/core.c b/kernel/livepatch/core.c
index ec06ce59d728..9ada0bc5247b 100644
--- a/kernel/livepatch/core.c
+++ b/kernel/livepatch/core.c
@@ -325,6 +325,7 @@ int klp_apply_section_relocs(struct module *pmod, Elf_Shdr *sechdrs,
* /sys/kernel/livepatch/<patch>/transition
* /sys/kernel/livepatch/<patch>/force
* /sys/kernel/livepatch/<patch>/<object>
+ * /sys/kernel/livepatch/<patch>/<object>/patched
* /sys/kernel/livepatch/<patch>/<object>/<function,sympos>
*/
static int __klp_disable_patch(struct klp_patch *patch);
@@ -431,6 +432,22 @@ static struct attribute *klp_patch_attrs[] = {
};
ATTRIBUTE_GROUPS(klp_patch);
+static ssize_t patched_show(struct kobject *kobj,
+ struct kobj_attribute *attr, char *buf)
+{
+ struct klp_object *obj;
+
+ obj = container_of(kobj, struct klp_object, kobj);
+ return sysfs_emit(buf, "%d\n", obj->patched);
+}
+
+static struct kobj_attribute patched_kobj_attr = __ATTR_RO(patched);
+static struct attribute *klp_object_attrs[] = {
+ &patched_kobj_attr.attr,
+ NULL,
+};
+ATTRIBUTE_GROUPS(klp_object);
+
static void klp_free_object_dynamic(struct klp_object *obj)
{
kfree(obj->name);
@@ -576,6 +593,7 @@ static void klp_kobj_release_object(struct kobject *kobj)
static struct kobj_type klp_ktype_object = {
.release = klp_kobj_release_object,
.sysfs_ops = &kobj_sysfs_ops,
+ .default_groups = klp_object_groups,
};
static void klp_kobj_release_func(struct kobject *kobj)
@@ -1171,7 +1189,7 @@ int klp_module_coming(struct module *mod)
return -EINVAL;
if (!strcmp(mod->name, "vmlinux")) {
- pr_err("vmlinux.ko: invalid module name");
+ pr_err("vmlinux.ko: invalid module name\n");
return -EINVAL;
}
diff --git a/kernel/livepatch/transition.c b/kernel/livepatch/transition.c
index 5d03a2ad1066..30187b1d8275 100644
--- a/kernel/livepatch/transition.c
+++ b/kernel/livepatch/transition.c
@@ -610,9 +610,23 @@ void klp_reverse_transition(void)
/* Called from copy_process() during fork */
void klp_copy_process(struct task_struct *child)
{
- child->patch_state = current->patch_state;
- /* TIF_PATCH_PENDING gets copied in setup_thread_stack() */
+ /*
+ * The parent process may have gone through a KLP transition since
+ * the thread flag was copied in setup_thread_stack earlier. Bring
+ * the task flag up to date with the parent here.
+ *
+ * The operation is serialized against all klp_*_transition()
+ * operations by the tasklist_lock. The only exception is
+ * klp_update_patch_state(current), but we cannot race with
+ * that because we are current.
+ */
+ if (test_tsk_thread_flag(current, TIF_PATCH_PENDING))
+ set_tsk_thread_flag(child, TIF_PATCH_PENDING);
+ else
+ clear_tsk_thread_flag(child, TIF_PATCH_PENDING);
+
+ child->patch_state = current->patch_state;
}
/*