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Pull livepatching updates from Petr Mladek:

 - Correctly handle kobjects when a livepatch init fails

 - Avoid CPU hogging when searching for many livepatched symbols

 - Add livepatch API page into documentation

* tag 'livepatching-for-5.17' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/livepatching/livepatching:
  livepatch: Avoid CPU hogging with cond_resched
  livepatch: Fix missing unlock on error in klp_enable_patch()
  livepatch: Fix kobject refcount bug on klp_init_patch_early failure path
  Documentation: livepatch: Add livepatch API page
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torvalds committed Jan 16, 2022
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30 changes: 30 additions & 0 deletions Documentation/livepatch/api.rst
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.. SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
=================
Livepatching APIs
=================

Livepatch Enablement
====================

.. kernel-doc:: kernel/livepatch/core.c
:export:


Shadow Variables
================

.. kernel-doc:: kernel/livepatch/shadow.c
:export:

System State Changes
====================

.. kernel-doc:: kernel/livepatch/state.c
:export:

Object Types
============

.. kernel-doc:: include/linux/livepatch.h
:identifiers: klp_patch klp_object klp_func klp_callbacks klp_state
1 change: 1 addition & 0 deletions Documentation/livepatch/index.rst
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Expand Up @@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ Kernel Livepatching
shadow-vars
system-state
reliable-stacktrace
api

.. only:: subproject and html

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4 changes: 2 additions & 2 deletions Documentation/livepatch/shadow-vars.rst
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Expand Up @@ -82,8 +82,8 @@ to do actions that can be done only once when a new variable is allocated.
- call destructor function if defined
- free shadow variable

* klp_shadow_free_all() - detach and free all <*, id> shadow variables
- find and remove any <*, id> references from global hashtable
* klp_shadow_free_all() - detach and free all <_, id> shadow variables
- find and remove any <_, id> references from global hashtable

- if found

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4 changes: 2 additions & 2 deletions Documentation/livepatch/system-state.rst
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Expand Up @@ -52,12 +52,12 @@ struct klp_state:

The state can be manipulated using two functions:

- *klp_get_state(patch, id)*
- klp_get_state()

- Get struct klp_state associated with the given livepatch
and state id.

- *klp_get_prev_state(id)*
- klp_get_prev_state()

- Get struct klp_state associated with the given feature id and
already installed livepatches.
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1 change: 1 addition & 0 deletions kernel/kallsyms.c
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Expand Up @@ -243,6 +243,7 @@ int kallsyms_on_each_symbol(int (*fn)(void *, const char *, struct module *,
ret = fn(data, namebuf, NULL, kallsyms_sym_address(i));
if (ret != 0)
return ret;
cond_resched();
}
return 0;
}
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29 changes: 13 additions & 16 deletions kernel/livepatch/core.c
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Expand Up @@ -862,14 +862,11 @@ static void klp_init_object_early(struct klp_patch *patch,
list_add_tail(&obj->node, &patch->obj_list);
}

static int klp_init_patch_early(struct klp_patch *patch)
static void klp_init_patch_early(struct klp_patch *patch)
{
struct klp_object *obj;
struct klp_func *func;

if (!patch->objs)
return -EINVAL;

INIT_LIST_HEAD(&patch->list);
INIT_LIST_HEAD(&patch->obj_list);
kobject_init(&patch->kobj, &klp_ktype_patch);
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init_completion(&patch->finish);

klp_for_each_object_static(patch, obj) {
if (!obj->funcs)
return -EINVAL;

klp_init_object_early(patch, obj);

klp_for_each_func_static(obj, func) {
klp_init_func_early(obj, func);
}
}

if (!try_module_get(patch->mod))
return -ENODEV;

return 0;
}

static int klp_init_patch(struct klp_patch *patch)
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int klp_enable_patch(struct klp_patch *patch)
{
int ret;
struct klp_object *obj;

if (!patch || !patch->mod)
if (!patch || !patch->mod || !patch->objs)
return -EINVAL;

klp_for_each_object_static(patch, obj) {
if (!obj->funcs)
return -EINVAL;
}


if (!is_livepatch_module(patch->mod)) {
pr_err("module %s is not marked as a livepatch module\n",
patch->mod->name);
Expand All @@ -1051,12 +1047,13 @@ int klp_enable_patch(struct klp_patch *patch)
return -EINVAL;
}

ret = klp_init_patch_early(patch);
if (ret) {
if (!try_module_get(patch->mod)) {
mutex_unlock(&klp_mutex);
return ret;
return -ENODEV;
}

klp_init_patch_early(patch);

ret = klp_init_patch(patch);
if (ret)
goto err;
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6 changes: 3 additions & 3 deletions kernel/livepatch/shadow.c
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Expand Up @@ -272,12 +272,12 @@ void klp_shadow_free(void *obj, unsigned long id, klp_shadow_dtor_t dtor)
EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(klp_shadow_free);

/**
* klp_shadow_free_all() - detach and free all <*, id> shadow variables
* klp_shadow_free_all() - detach and free all <_, id> shadow variables
* @id: data identifier
* @dtor: custom callback that can be used to unregister the variable
* and/or free data that the shadow variable points to (optional)
*
* This function releases the memory for all <*, id> shadow variable
* This function releases the memory for all <_, id> shadow variable
* instances, callers should stop referencing them accordingly.
*/
void klp_shadow_free_all(unsigned long id, klp_shadow_dtor_t dtor)
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spin_lock_irqsave(&klp_shadow_lock, flags);

/* Delete all <*, id> from hash */
/* Delete all <_, id> from hash */
hash_for_each(klp_shadow_hash, i, shadow, node) {
if (klp_shadow_match(shadow, shadow->obj, id))
klp_shadow_free_struct(shadow, dtor);
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2 changes: 2 additions & 0 deletions kernel/module.c
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Expand Up @@ -4499,6 +4499,8 @@ int module_kallsyms_on_each_symbol(int (*fn)(void *, const char *,
mod, kallsyms_symbol_value(sym));
if (ret != 0)
goto out;

cond_resched();
}
}
out:
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