linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH net-next] modules: allow modprobe load regular elf binaries

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Date:   Thu, 22 Mar 2018 15:21:33 -0700
From:   Alexei Starovoitov <ast@...com>
To:     Andy Lutomirski <luto@...nel.org>,
        "Luis R. Rodriguez" <mcgrof@...nel.org>
CC:     Jessica Yu <jeyu@...hat.com>,
        Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>,
        Mimi Zohar <zohar@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>,
        Djalal Harouni <tixxdz@...il.com>,
        David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>,
        Kees Cook <keescook@...omium.org>,
        Alexei Starovoitov <ast@...nel.org>,
        Al Viro <viro@...iv.linux.org.uk>,
        Daniel Borkmann <daniel@...earbox.net>,
        Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
        Network Development <netdev@...r.kernel.org>,
        Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        kernel-team <kernel-team@...com>,
        Linux API <linux-api@...r.kernel.org>,
        Michal Hocko <mhocko@...nel.org>,
        Hannes Reinecke <hare@...e.com>, <werner@...e.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next] modules: allow modprobe load regular elf
 binaries

On 3/22/18 3:15 PM, Andy Lutomirski wrote:
> On Thu, Mar 22, 2018 at 8:54 PM, Luis R. Rodriguez <mcgrof@...nel.org> wrote:
>> If we can ensure that these usermode modules don't take *any time at all* on
>> their init *from the start*, it would be wonderful and we'd end up avoiding
>> some really odd corner case issues later.
>>
>
> I don't see why this issue needs to exist at all for the new stuff.
> After all, the new things aren't usermode modules per se.  They're
> regular kernel code (modular or otherwise) that loads a usermode
> helper.  All we need to do is to make sure that, if this is
> distributed as a module, that it's init routine doesn't wait for a
> long time, right?

I've implemented all of the previous suggestions and
now there are zero changes to kernel/module.c
I still need to finish tracpoint stuff first and polish umh code a bit
before sending new version.
Let's hold on this thread until then.