linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v3 1/3] kprobes: Add text_alloc() and text

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Date:   Thu, 23 Jul 2020 04:49:16 +0300
From:   Jarkko Sakkinen <jarkko.sakkinen@...ux.intel.com>
To:     Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>
Cc:     linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, x86@...r.kernel.org,
        Andi Kleen <ak@...ux.intel.com>,
        Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
        Ingo Molnar <mingo@...hat.com>, Borislav Petkov <bp@...en8.de>,
        "maintainer:X86 ARCHITECTURE (32-BIT AND 64-BIT)" <x86@...nel.org>,
        "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>,
        "Naveen N. Rao" <naveen.n.rao@...ux.ibm.com>,
        Anil S Keshavamurthy <anil.s.keshavamurthy@...el.com>,
        "David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>,
        Masami Hiramatsu <mhiramat@...nel.org>,
        Jessica Yu <jeyu@...nel.org>,
        Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
        "Aneesh Kumar K.V" <aneesh.kumar@...ux.ibm.com>,
        Kees Cook <keescook@...omium.org>,
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        Joe Lawrence <joe.lawrence@...hat.com>,
        Mike Rapoport <rppt@...ux.ibm.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v3 1/3] kprobes: Add text_alloc() and text_free()

On Thu, Jul 16, 2020 at 11:02:53AM +0200, Peter Zijlstra wrote:
> On Wed, Jul 15, 2020 at 01:32:27AM +0300, Jarkko Sakkinen wrote:
> > +void *text_alloc(unsigned long size)
> > +{
> > +	void *p;
> > +
> > +	if (PAGE_ALIGN(size) > MODULES_LEN)
> > +		return NULL;
> > +
> > +	p = __vmalloc_node_range(size, MODULE_ALIGN,
> > +				    MODULES_VADDR + get_module_load_offset(),
> > +				    MODULES_END, GFP_KERNEL,
> > +				    PAGE_KERNEL, 0, NUMA_NO_NODE,
> > +				    __builtin_return_address(0));
> > +	if (p && (kasan_module_alloc(p, size) < 0)) {
> > +		vfree(p);
> > +		return NULL;
> > +	}
> > +
> > +	return p;
> > +}
> > +
> > +void text_free(void *region)
> > +{
> > +	/*
> > +	 * This memory may be RO, and freeing RO memory in an interrupt is not
> > +	 * supported by vmalloc.
> > +	 */
> > +	WARN_ON(in_interrupt());
> 
> I think that wants to be:
> 
> 	lockdep_assert_irqs_enabled();
> 
> in_interrupt() isn't sufficient, interrupts must also not be disabled
> when issuesing TLB invalidations.

Shouldn't it be then also fixed in the module_memfree() fallback
implementation (kernel/module.c)?

/Jarkko