linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 04/13] livepatch: move klp_find_object

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Date:   Thu, 21 Jan 2021 15:45:29 -0600
From:   Josh Poimboeuf <jpoimboe@...hat.com>
To:     Christoph Hellwig <hch@....de>
Cc:     Frederic Barrat <fbarrat@...ux.ibm.com>,
        Andrew Donnellan <ajd@...ux.ibm.com>,
        Maarten Lankhorst <maarten.lankhorst@...ux.intel.com>,
        Maxime Ripard <mripard@...nel.org>,
        Thomas Zimmermann <tzimmermann@...e.de>,
        David Airlie <airlied@...ux.ie>,
        Daniel Vetter <daniel@...ll.ch>, Jessica Yu <jeyu@...nel.org>,
        Jiri Kosina <jikos@...nel.org>,
        Miroslav Benes <mbenes@...e.cz>,
        Petr Mladek <pmladek@...e.com>,
        Joe Lawrence <joe.lawrence@...hat.com>,
        Masahiro Yamada <masahiroy@...nel.org>,
        Michal Marek <michal.lkml@...kovi.net>,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linuxppc-dev@...ts.ozlabs.org,
        dri-devel@...ts.freedesktop.org, live-patching@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-kbuild@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 04/13] livepatch: move klp_find_object_module to module.c

On Thu, Jan 21, 2021 at 08:49:50AM +0100, Christoph Hellwig wrote:
> @@ -820,14 +796,25 @@ static int klp_init_object(struct klp_patch *patch, struct klp_object *obj)
>  	const char *name;
>  
>  	obj->patched = false;
> -	obj->mod = NULL;

Why was this line removed?

>  	if (klp_is_module(obj)) {
>  		if (strlen(obj->name) >= MODULE_NAME_LEN)
>  			return -EINVAL;
>  		name = obj->name;
>  
> -		klp_find_object_module(obj);
> +		/*
> +		 * We do not want to block removal of patched modules and
> +		 * therefore we do not take a reference here. The patches are
> +		 * removed by klp_module_going() instead.
> +		 * 
> +		 * Do not mess work of klp_module_coming() and
> +		 * klp_module_going().  Note that the patch might still be
> +		 * needed before klp_module_going() is called.  Module functions
> +		 * can be called even in the GOING state until mod->exit()
> +		 * finishes.  This is especially important for patches that
> +		 * modify semantic of the functions.
> +		 */
> +		obj->mod = find_klp_module(obj->name);

These comments don't make sense in this context, they should be kept
with the code in find_klp_module().

-- 
Josh