linux-hardening - Re: [PATCH v3 07/18] arm64: defconfig: Enable Qualcomm minidump driver

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Message-ID: <12131791-c775-cfc3-824a-e59c4e0ea338@linaro.org>
Date:   Thu, 4 May 2023 17:24:26 +0200
From:   Krzysztof Kozlowski <krzysztof.kozlowski@...aro.org>
To:     Mukesh Ojha <quic_mojha@...cinc.com>, agross@...nel.org,
        andersson@...nel.org, konrad.dybcio@...aro.org, corbet@....net,
        keescook@...omium.org, tony.luck@...el.com, gpiccoli@...lia.com,
        catalin.marinas@....com, will@...nel.org,
        krzysztof.kozlowski+dt@...aro.org, robh+dt@...nel.org,
        linus.walleij@...aro.org, linux-gpio@...r.kernel.org,
        srinivas.kandagatla@...aro.org
Cc:     linux-arm-msm@...r.kernel.org, linux-remoteproc@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-hardening@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org, linux-doc@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v3 07/18] arm64: defconfig: Enable Qualcomm minidump
 driver

On 04/05/2023 16:43, Mukesh Ojha wrote:
> 
> 
> On 5/4/2023 6:02 PM, Krzysztof Kozlowski wrote:
>> On 04/05/2023 13:45, Mukesh Ojha wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>> On 5/4/2023 4:53 PM, Krzysztof Kozlowski wrote:
>>>> On 03/05/2023 19:02, Mukesh Ojha wrote:
>>>>> Previous patches add the Qualcomm minidump driver support, so
>>>>> lets enable minidump config so that it can be used by kernel
>>>>> clients.
>>>>>
>>>>> Signed-off-by: Mukesh Ojha <quic_mojha@...cinc.com>
>>>>
>>>> This patchset is split too much. Defconfig change is one change. Not two
>>>> or three.
>>>>
>>>>> ---
>>>>>    arch/arm64/configs/defconfig | 1 +
>>>>>    1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)
>>>>>
>>>>> diff --git a/arch/arm64/configs/defconfig b/arch/arm64/configs/defconfig
>>>>> index a24609e..831c942 100644
>>>>> --- a/arch/arm64/configs/defconfig
>>>>> +++ b/arch/arm64/configs/defconfig
>>>>> @@ -1250,6 +1250,7 @@ CONFIG_QCOM_STATS=m
>>>>>    CONFIG_QCOM_WCNSS_CTRL=m
>>>>>    CONFIG_QCOM_APR=m
>>>>>    CONFIG_QCOM_ICC_BWMON=m
>>>>> +CONFIG_QCOM_MINIDUMP=y
>>>>
>>>> This must be a module.
>>>
>>> Why do you think this should be a module ?
>>>
>>> Is it because, it is lying here among others '=m' ?
>>
>> Because we want and insist on everything being a module. That's the
>> generic rule. There are exceptions, so if this justifies being an
>> exception, please bring appropriate arguments.
>>
>>>
>>> Or you have some other reasoning ? like it is for qcom specific
>>> soc and can not be used outside ? but that is not true for
>>> all configs mentioned here.
>>>
>>> The reason behind making it as '=y' was, to collect information from
>>> core kernel data structure as well as the information like percpu data,
>>> run queue, irq stat kind of information on kernel crash on a target
>>> running some perf configuration(android phone).
>>
>> I don't understand why =m stops you from all that.
> 
> How do i get kernel symbol address from a modules
> can we use kallsyms_lookup_name from modules ?

You allow it to be a module in patch #4, so I think you solved it,
right? Otherwise it could not be a module?

Anyway, where do you use kallsyms_lookup_name()? I cannot find it in
your patch.

Best regards,
Krzysztof