Fix a memcpy that should be a text_poke (in apply_alternatives). Use kernel_wp_save/kernel_wp_restore in text_poke to support DEBUG_RODATA correctly and so the CPU HOTPLUG special case can be removed. Add text_poke_early, for alternatives and paravirt boot-time and module load time patching. Notes: - A macro is used instead of an inline function to deal with circular header include otherwise necessary for read_cr0 and preempt_disable/enable. Changelog: - Fix text_set and text_poke alignment check (mixed up bitwise and and or) - Remove text_set - Use the new macro INIT_ARRAY() to stop polluting the C files with ({ }) brackets (which breaks some c parsers in editors). - Export add_nops, so it can be used by others. - Remove x86 test for "wp_works_ok", it will just be ignored by the architecture if not supported. - Document text_poke_early. - Remove clflush, since it breaks some VIA architectures and is not strictly necessary. - Add kerneldoc to text_poke and text_poke_early. - Remove arg cr0 from kernel_wp_save/restore. Change the macro name for kernel_wp_disable/enable. Signed-off-by: Mathieu Desnoyers CC: Andi Kleen CC: pageexec@freemail.hu CC: Thomas Gleixner CC: Ingo Molnar CC: H. Peter Anvin --- arch/x86/kernel/alternative.c | 56 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-------- include/asm-x86/alternative.h | 36 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++- 2 files changed, 81 insertions(+), 11 deletions(-) Index: linux-2.6-lttng.mm/arch/x86/kernel/alternative.c =================================================================== --- linux-2.6-lttng.mm.orig/arch/x86/kernel/alternative.c 2008-01-24 14:10:42.000000000 -0500 +++ linux-2.6-lttng.mm/arch/x86/kernel/alternative.c 2008-01-24 14:23:52.000000000 -0500 @@ -173,7 +173,7 @@ static const unsigned char*const * find_ #endif /* CONFIG_X86_64 */ /* Use this to add nops to a buffer, then text_poke the whole buffer. */ -static void add_nops(void *insns, unsigned int len) +void add_nops(void *insns, unsigned int len) { const unsigned char *const *noptable = find_nop_table(); @@ -186,6 +186,7 @@ static void add_nops(void *insns, unsign len -= noplen; } } +EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(add_nops); extern struct alt_instr __alt_instructions[], __alt_instructions_end[]; extern u8 *__smp_locks[], *__smp_locks_end[]; @@ -219,7 +220,7 @@ void apply_alternatives(struct alt_instr memcpy(insnbuf, a->replacement, a->replacementlen); add_nops(insnbuf + a->replacementlen, a->instrlen - a->replacementlen); - text_poke(instr, insnbuf, a->instrlen); + text_poke_early(instr, insnbuf, a->instrlen); } } @@ -234,7 +235,8 @@ static void alternatives_smp_lock(u8 **s continue; if (*ptr > text_end) continue; - text_poke(*ptr, ((unsigned char []){0xf0}), 1); /* add lock prefix */ + /* add lock prefix */ + text_poke(*ptr, INIT_ARRAY(unsigned char, 0xf0, 1), 1); }; } @@ -397,7 +399,7 @@ void apply_paravirt(struct paravirt_patc /* Pad the rest with nops */ add_nops(insnbuf + used, p->len - used); - text_poke(p->instr, insnbuf, p->len); + text_poke_early(p->instr, insnbuf, p->len); } } extern struct paravirt_patch_site __start_parainstructions[], @@ -458,18 +460,52 @@ void __init alternative_instructions(voi #endif } -/* - * Warning: +/** + * text_poke_early - Update instructions on a live kernel at boot time + * @addr: address to modify + * @opcode: source of the copy + * @len: length to copy + * * When you use this code to patch more than one byte of an instruction * you need to make sure that other CPUs cannot execute this code in parallel. - * Also no thread must be currently preempted in the middle of these instructions. - * And on the local CPU you need to be protected again NMI or MCE handlers - * seeing an inconsistent instruction while you patch. + * Also no thread must be currently preempted in the middle of these + * instructions. And on the local CPU you need to be protected again NMI or MCE + * handlers seeing an inconsistent instruction while you patch. + * Warning: read_cr0 is modified by paravirt, this is why we have _early + * versions. They are not in the __init section because they can be used at + * module load time. */ -void __kprobes text_poke(void *addr, unsigned char *opcode, int len) +void *text_poke_early(void *addr, const void *opcode, size_t len) { memcpy(addr, opcode, len); sync_core(); /* Could also do a CLFLUSH here to speed up CPU recovery; but that causes hangs on some VIA CPUs. */ + return addr; } + +/** + * text_poke - Update instructions on a live kernel + * @addr: address to modify + * @opcode: source of the copy + * @len: length to copy + * + * Only atomic text poke/set should be allowed when not doing early patching. + * It means the size must be writable atomically and the address must be aligned + * in a way that permits an atomic write. + */ +void *__kprobes text_poke(void *addr, const void *opcode, size_t len) +{ + BUG_ON(len > sizeof(long)); + BUG_ON((((long)addr + len - 1) & ~(sizeof(long) - 1)) + - ((long)addr & ~(sizeof(long) - 1))); + kernel_wp_disable(); + memcpy(addr, opcode, len); + kernel_wp_enable(); + sync_core(); + /* Could also do a CLFLUSH here to speed up CPU recovery; but + that causes hangs on some VIA CPUs. */ + return addr; +} + + Index: linux-2.6-lttng.mm/include/asm-x86/alternative.h =================================================================== --- linux-2.6-lttng.mm.orig/include/asm-x86/alternative.h 2008-01-24 14:25:01.000000000 -0500 +++ linux-2.6-lttng.mm/include/asm-x86/alternative.h 2008-01-24 14:26:11.000000000 -0500 @@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ #include #include #include +#include /* * Alternative inline assembly for SMP. @@ -156,6 +157,39 @@ apply_paravirt(struct paravirt_patch_sit #define __parainstructions_end NULL #endif -extern void text_poke(void *addr, unsigned char *opcode, int len); +extern void add_nops(void *insns, unsigned int len); + +/* + * Clear and restore the kernel write-protection flag on the local CPU. + * Allows the kernel to edit read-only pages. + * Side-effect: any interrupt handler running between save and restore will have + * the ability to write to read-only pages. + * + * Warning: + * Code patching in the UP case is safe if NMIs and MCE handlers are stopped and + * no thread can be preempted in the instructions being modified (no iret to an + * invalid instruction possible) or if the instructions are changed from a + * consistent state to another consistent state atomically. + * More care must be taken when modifying code in the SMP case because of + * Intel's errata. + * On the local CPU you need to be protected again NMI or MCE handlers seeing an + * inconsistent instruction while you patch. + * The _early version does not use read_cr0(), which can be paravirtualized. + */ + +extern void *text_poke(void *addr, const void *opcode, size_t len); +extern void *text_poke_early(void *addr, const void *opcode, size_t len); + +#define kernel_wp_disable() \ +do { \ + preempt_disable(); \ + write_cr0(read_cr0() & ~X86_CR0_WP); \ +} while (0) + +#define kernel_wp_enable() \ +do { \ + write_cr0(read_cr0() | X86_CR0_WP); \ + preempt_enable(); \ +} while (0) #endif /* _ASM_X86_ALTERNATIVE_H */ -- Mathieu Desnoyers Computer Engineering Ph.D. Student, Ecole Polytechnique de Montreal OpenPGP key fingerprint: 8CD5 52C3 8E3C 4140 715F BA06 3F25 A8FE 3BAE 9A68 -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/