linux-kernel - [PATCH 3/5] x86/jump-label: Add safety checks to jump label conversions

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Date:	Fri, 27 Jan 2012 15:14:45 -0500
From:	Steven Rostedt <rostedt@...dmis.org>
To:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Cc:	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Jason Baron <jbaron@...hat.com>,
	"H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>,
	Frederic Weisbecker <fweisbec@...il.com>
Subject: [PATCH 3/5] x86/jump-label: Add safety checks to jump label conversions

From: Steven Rostedt <srostedt@...hat.com>

As with all modifying of kernel text, we need to be very paranoid.

When converting the jump label locations to and from nops to jumps
a check has been added to make sure what we are replacing is what we
expect, otherwise we bug.

Cc: H. Peter Anvin <hpa@...or.com>
Cc: Jason Baron <jbaron@...hat.com>
Signed-off-by: Steven Rostedt <rostedt@...dmis.org>
---
 arch/x86/kernel/jump_label.c |   32 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++----
 1 files changed, 28 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/jump_label.c b/arch/x86/kernel/jump_label.c
index 0f4c6ba..44f2528 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/jump_label.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/jump_label.c
@@ -26,16 +26,40 @@ union jump_code_union {
 
 static void __jump_label_transform(struct jump_entry *entry,
 				   enum jump_label_type type,
-				   void *(*poker)(void *, const void *, size_t))
+				   void *(*poker)(void *, const void *, size_t),
+				   int init)
 {
 	union jump_code_union code;
+	const unsigned char *ideal_nop = ideal_nops[NOP_ATOMIC5];
 
 	if (type == JUMP_LABEL_ENABLE) {
+		/*
+		 * We are enabling this jump label. If it is not a nop
+		 * then something must have gone wrong.
+		 */
+		BUG_ON(memcmp((void *)entry->code, ideal_nop, 5) != 0);
+
 		code.jump = 0xe9;
 		code.offset = entry->target -
 				(entry->code + JUMP_LABEL_NOP_SIZE);
-	} else
+	} else {
+		/*
+		 * We are disabling this jump label. If it is not what
+		 * we think it is, then something must have gone wrong.
+		 * If this is the first initialization call, then we
+		 * are converting the default nop to the ideal nop.
+		 */
+		if (init) {
+			unsigned char default_nop[] = { JUMP_LABEL_INIT_NOP };
+			BUG_ON(memcmp((void *)entry->code, default_nop, 5) != 0);
+		} else {
+			code.jump = 0xe9;
+			code.offset = entry->target -
+				(entry->code + JUMP_LABEL_NOP_SIZE);
+			BUG_ON(memcmp((void *)entry->code, &code, 5) != 0);
+		}
 		memcpy(&code, ideal_nops[NOP_ATOMIC5], JUMP_LABEL_NOP_SIZE);
+	}
 
 	(*poker)((void *)entry->code, &code, JUMP_LABEL_NOP_SIZE);
 }
@@ -45,7 +69,7 @@ void arch_jump_label_transform(struct jump_entry *entry,
 {
 	get_online_cpus();
 	mutex_lock(&text_mutex);
-	__jump_label_transform(entry, type, text_poke_smp);
+	__jump_label_transform(entry, type, text_poke_smp, 0);
 	mutex_unlock(&text_mutex);
 	put_online_cpus();
 }
@@ -71,7 +95,7 @@ void arch_jump_label_transform_static(struct jump_entry *entry,
 			update = 1;
 	}
 	if (update)
-		__jump_label_transform(entry, type, text_poke_early);
+		__jump_label_transform(entry, type, text_poke_early, 1);
 }
 
 #endif
-- 
1.7.8.3



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