linux-kernel - [PATCH v4 14/15] livepatch: add /proc/<pid>/patch

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Message-Id: <2c3b793fc23910f8fe15033b2b35e53b0b5dbaf3.1484839971.git.jpoimboe@redhat.com>
Date:   Thu, 19 Jan 2017 09:46:22 -0600
From:   Josh Poimboeuf <jpoimboe@...hat.com>
To:     Jessica Yu <jeyu@...hat.com>, Jiri Kosina <jikos@...nel.org>,
        Miroslav Benes <mbenes@...e.cz>, Petr Mladek <pmladek@...e.com>
Cc:     linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, live-patching@...r.kernel.org,
        Michael Ellerman <mpe@...erman.id.au>,
        Heiko Carstens <heiko.carstens@...ibm.com>, x86@...nel.org,
        linuxppc-dev@...ts.ozlabs.org, linux-s390@...r.kernel.org,
        Vojtech Pavlik <vojtech@...e.com>, Jiri Slaby <jslaby@...e.cz>,
        Chris J Arges <chris.j.arges@...onical.com>,
        Andy Lutomirski <luto@...nel.org>,
        Ingo Molnar <mingo@...nel.org>,
        Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>,
        Kamalesh Babulal <kamalesh@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>,
        Balbir Singh <bsingharora@...il.com>
Subject: [PATCH v4 14/15] livepatch: add /proc/<pid>/patch_state

Expose the per-task patch state value so users can determine which tasks
are holding up completion of a patching operation.

Signed-off-by: Josh Poimboeuf <jpoimboe@...hat.com>
Reviewed-by: Petr Mladek <pmladek@...e.com>
Reviewed-by: Miroslav Benes <mbenes@...e.cz>
---
 Documentation/filesystems/proc.txt | 18 ++++++++++++++++++
 fs/proc/base.c                     | 15 +++++++++++++++
 2 files changed, 33 insertions(+)

diff --git a/Documentation/filesystems/proc.txt b/Documentation/filesystems/proc.txt
index 72624a1..85c501b 100644
--- a/Documentation/filesystems/proc.txt
+++ b/Documentation/filesystems/proc.txt
@@ -44,6 +44,7 @@ Table of Contents
   3.8   /proc/<pid>/fdinfo/<fd> - Information about opened file
   3.9   /proc/<pid>/map_files - Information about memory mapped files
   3.10  /proc/<pid>/timerslack_ns - Task timerslack value
+  3.11	/proc/<pid>/patch_state - Livepatch patch operation state
 
   4	Configuring procfs
   4.1	Mount options
@@ -1886,6 +1887,23 @@ Valid values are from 0 - ULLONG_MAX
 An application setting the value must have PTRACE_MODE_ATTACH_FSCREDS level
 permissions on the task specified to change its timerslack_ns value.
 
+3.11	/proc/<pid>/patch_state - Livepatch patch operation state
+-----------------------------------------------------------------
+When CONFIG_LIVEPATCH is enabled, this file displays the value of the
+patch state for the task.
+
+A value of '-1' indicates that no patch is in transition.
+
+A value of '0' indicates that a patch is in transition and the task is
+unpatched.  If the patch is being enabled, then the task hasn't been
+patched yet.  If the patch is being disabled, then the task has already
+been unpatched.
+
+A value of '1' indicates that a patch is in transition and the task is
+patched.  If the patch is being enabled, then the task has already been
+patched.  If the patch is being disabled, then the task hasn't been
+unpatched yet.
+
 
 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 Configuring procfs
diff --git a/fs/proc/base.c b/fs/proc/base.c
index 16ed964..6d773be 100644
--- a/fs/proc/base.c
+++ b/fs/proc/base.c
@@ -2797,6 +2797,15 @@ static int proc_pid_personality(struct seq_file *m, struct pid_namespace *ns,
 	return err;
 }
 
+#ifdef CONFIG_LIVEPATCH
+static int proc_pid_patch_state(struct seq_file *m, struct pid_namespace *ns,
+				struct pid *pid, struct task_struct *task)
+{
+	seq_printf(m, "%d\n", task->patch_state);
+	return 0;
+}
+#endif /* CONFIG_LIVEPATCH */
+
 /*
  * Thread groups
  */
@@ -2896,6 +2905,9 @@ static const struct pid_entry tgid_base_stuff[] = {
 	REG("timers",	  S_IRUGO, proc_timers_operations),
 #endif
 	REG("timerslack_ns", S_IRUGO|S_IWUGO, proc_pid_set_timerslack_ns_operations),
+#ifdef CONFIG_LIVEPATCH
+	ONE("patch_state",  S_IRUSR, proc_pid_patch_state),
+#endif
 };
 
 static int proc_tgid_base_readdir(struct file *file, struct dir_context *ctx)
@@ -3276,6 +3288,9 @@ static const struct pid_entry tid_base_stuff[] = {
 	REG("projid_map", S_IRUGO|S_IWUSR, proc_projid_map_operations),
 	REG("setgroups",  S_IRUGO|S_IWUSR, proc_setgroups_operations),
 #endif
+#ifdef CONFIG_LIVEPATCH
+	ONE("patch_state",  S_IRUSR, proc_pid_patch_state),
+#endif
 };
 
 static int proc_tid_base_readdir(struct file *file, struct dir_context *ctx)
-- 
2.7.4