linux-kernel - [PATCH v4 1/7] module: Add lock_modules() and unlock

lists.openwall.net		lists / announce owl-users owl-dev john-users john-dev passwdqc-users yescrypt popa3d-users / oss-security kernel-hardening musl sabotage tlsify passwords / crypt-dev xvendor / Bugtraq Full-Disclosure linux-kernel linux-netdev linux-ext4 linux-hardening linux-cve-announce PHC
Open Source and information security mailing list archives

Hash Suite: Windows password security audit tool. GUI, reports in PDF.

[<prev] [next>] [<thread-prev] [thread-next>] [day] [month] [year] [list]

Date:   Fri, 17 Jul 2020 06:04:15 +0300
From:   Jarkko Sakkinen <jarkko.sakkinen@...ux.intel.com>
To:     linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Cc:     Jarkko Sakkinen <jarkko.sakkinen@...ux.intel.com>,
        Andi Kleen <ak@...ux.intel.com>,
        Masami Hiramatsu <mhiramat@...nel.org>,
        Jessica Yu <jeyu@...nel.org>
Subject: [PATCH v4 1/7] module: Add lock_modules() and unlock_modules()

Add wrapper functions for acquiring module_mutex so that the locking can
be implicitly compiled out when CONFIG_MODULES is not enabled.

Cc: Andi Kleen <ak@...ux.intel.com>
Suggested-by: Masami Hiramatsu <mhiramat@...nel.org>
Signed-off-by: Jarkko Sakkinen <jarkko.sakkinen@...ux.intel.com>
---
 include/linux/module.h | 18 ++++++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 18 insertions(+)

diff --git a/include/linux/module.h b/include/linux/module.h
index 2e6670860d27..8850b9692b8f 100644
--- a/include/linux/module.h
+++ b/include/linux/module.h
@@ -705,6 +705,16 @@ static inline bool is_livepatch_module(struct module *mod)
 bool is_module_sig_enforced(void);
 void set_module_sig_enforced(void);
 
+static inline void lock_modules(void)
+{
+	mutex_lock(&module_mutex);
+}
+
+static inline void unlock_modules(void)
+{
+	mutex_unlock(&module_mutex);
+}
+
 #else /* !CONFIG_MODULES... */
 
 static inline struct module *__module_address(unsigned long addr)
@@ -852,6 +862,14 @@ void *dereference_module_function_descriptor(struct module *mod, void *ptr)
 	return ptr;
 }
 
+static inline void lock_modules(void)
+{
+}
+
+static inline void unlock_modules(void)
+{
+}
+
 #endif /* CONFIG_MODULES */
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_SYSFS
-- 
2.25.1