linux-kernel - [PATCH 5.15 576/779] selftests/livepatch: better synchronize test_klp_callbacks

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Message-Id: <20220815180401.950862942@linuxfoundation.org>
Date:   Mon, 15 Aug 2022 20:03:40 +0200
From:   Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
To:     linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Cc:     Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
        stable@...r.kernel.org, Joe Lawrence <joe.lawrence@...hat.com>,
        Petr Mladek <pmladek@...e.com>, Sasha Levin <sashal@...nel.org>
Subject: [PATCH 5.15 576/779] selftests/livepatch: better synchronize test_klp_callbacks_busy

From: Joe Lawrence <joe.lawrence@...hat.com>

[ Upstream commit 55eb9a6c8bf3e2099863118ef53e02d9f44f85a8 ]

The test_klp_callbacks_busy module conditionally blocks a future
livepatch transition by busy waiting inside its workqueue function,
busymod_work_func().  After scheduling this work, a test livepatch is
loaded, introducing the transition under test.

Both events are marked in the kernel log for later verification, but
there is no synchronization to ensure that busymod_work_func() logs its
function entry message before subsequent selftest commands log their own
messages.  This can lead to a rare test failure due to unexpected
ordering like:

#  --- expected
#  +++ result
#  @@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
#   % modprobe test_klp_callbacks_busy block_transition=Y
#   test_klp_callbacks_busy: test_klp_callbacks_busy_init
#  -test_klp_callbacks_busy: busymod_work_func enter
#   % modprobe test_klp_callbacks_demo
#  +test_klp_callbacks_busy: busymod_work_func enter
#   livepatch: enabling patch 'test_klp_callbacks_demo'
#   livepatch: 'test_klp_callbacks_demo': initializing patching transition
#   test_klp_callbacks_demo: pre_patch_callback: vmlinux

Force the module init function to wait until busymod_work_func() has
started (and logged its message), before exiting to the next selftest
steps.

Fixes: 547840bd5ae5 ("selftests/livepatch: simplify test-klp-callbacks busy target tests")
Signed-off-by: Joe Lawrence <joe.lawrence@...hat.com>
Reviewed-by: Petr Mladek <pmladek@...e.com>
Signed-off-by: Petr Mladek <pmladek@...e.com>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20220602203233.979681-1-joe.lawrence@redhat.com
Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin <sashal@...nel.org>
---
 lib/livepatch/test_klp_callbacks_busy.c |    8 ++++++++
 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+)

--- a/lib/livepatch/test_klp_callbacks_busy.c
+++ b/lib/livepatch/test_klp_callbacks_busy.c
@@ -16,10 +16,12 @@ MODULE_PARM_DESC(block_transition, "bloc
 
 static void busymod_work_func(struct work_struct *work);
 static DECLARE_WORK(work, busymod_work_func);
+static DECLARE_COMPLETION(busymod_work_started);
 
 static void busymod_work_func(struct work_struct *work)
 {
 	pr_info("%s enter\n", __func__);
+	complete(&busymod_work_started);
 
 	while (READ_ONCE(block_transition)) {
 		/*
@@ -37,6 +39,12 @@ static int test_klp_callbacks_busy_init(
 	pr_info("%s\n", __func__);
 	schedule_work(&work);
 
+	/*
+	 * To synchronize kernel messages, hold the init function from
+	 * exiting until the work function's entry message has printed.
+	 */
+	wait_for_completion(&busymod_work_started);
+
 	if (!block_transition) {
 		/*
 		 * Serialize output: print all messages from the work