linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 2/2] perf, ftrace: Fix use-after-free in __ftrace_ops_list

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Date:   Wed, 24 Mar 2021 21:14:55 -0400
From:   Steven Rostedt <rostedt@...dmis.org>
To:     Li Huafei <lihuafei1@...wei.com>
Cc:     <mingo@...hat.com>, <jolsa@...hat.com>,
        <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>, <yangjihong1@...wei.com>,
        <xukuohai@...wei.com>, <zhangjinhao2@...wei.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/2] perf, ftrace: Fix use-after-free in
 __ftrace_ops_list_func()

On Wed, 24 Mar 2021 21:11:23 -0400
Steven Rostedt <rostedt@...dmis.org> wrote:


> And what you are saying is that we are not getting there, where the
> dynamically allocated perf ops is not set to be DYNAMIC?
> 
> That should be set as DYNAMIC if the ops was allocated, and can later
> be freed. This code was written specifically to handle perf.
> 
> Thus, NACK on the patch. I want to know exactly what went wrong instead
> of just saying "but the current interface unregister_ftrace_function()
> does not seem to guarantee this", let's actually fix the bug and not just paper over it!

Bah, I forgot to edit the claws-mail shortcut to disable "Ctrl-Enter"
to send the email, and went to hit Ctrl-L (to do the line wrapping) but
accidentally hit Ctrl-Enter instead, and sent this prematurely. And now
I forgot what else I was going to say. Sucks getting old.

-- Steve