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Date: Mon, 4 Nov 2024 09:22:31 -0800
From: Russ Weight <russ.weight@...ux.dev>
To: Dionna Glaze <dionnaglaze@...gle.com>
Cc: linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, x86@...nel.org,
Luis Chamberlain <mcgrof@...nel.org>,
Danilo Krummrich <dakr@...hat.com>,
Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
"Rafael J. Wysocki" <rafael@...nel.org>,
Tianfei zhang <tianfei.zhang@...el.com>,
Sean Christopherson <seanjc@...gle.com>,
Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@...hat.com>,
Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
Ingo Molnar <mingo@...hat.com>, Borislav Petkov <bp@...en8.de>,
Dave Hansen <dave.hansen@...ux.intel.com>,
Ashish Kalra <ashish.kalra@....com>,
Tom Lendacky <thomas.lendacky@....com>,
John Allen <john.allen@....com>,
Herbert Xu <herbert@...dor.apana.org.au>,
"David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>,
Michael Roth <michael.roth@....com>,
Russ Weight <russell.h.weight@...el.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 2/4] firmware_loader: Move module refcounts to allow
unloading
On Fri, Nov 01, 2024 at 06:15:27PM +0000, Dionna Glaze wrote:
> If a kernel module registers a firmware upload API ops set, then it's
> unable to be moved due to effectively a cyclic reference that the module
> depends on the upload which depends on the module.
>
> Instead, only require the try_module_get when an upload is requested to
> disallow unloading a module only while the upload is in progress.
>
> Fixes: 97730bbb242c ("firmware_loader: Add firmware-upload support")
>
> CC: Sean Christopherson <seanjc@...gle.com>
> CC: Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@...hat.com>
> CC: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>
> CC: Ingo Molnar <mingo@...hat.com>
> CC: Borislav Petkov <bp@...en8.de>
> CC: Dave Hansen <dave.hansen@...ux.intel.com>
> CC: Ashish Kalra <ashish.kalra@....com>
> CC: Tom Lendacky <thomas.lendacky@....com>
> CC: John Allen <john.allen@....com>
> CC: Herbert Xu <herbert@...dor.apana.org.au>
> CC: "David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>
> CC: Michael Roth <michael.roth@....com>
> CC: Luis Chamberlain <mcgrof@...nel.org>
> CC: Russ Weight <russ.weight@...ux.dev>
> CC: Danilo Krummrich <dakr@...hat.com>
> CC: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
> CC: "Rafael J. Wysocki" <rafael@...nel.org>
> CC: Tianfei zhang <tianfei.zhang@...el.com>
>
> Tested-by: Ashish Kalra <ashish.kalra@....com>
> Signed-off-by: Dionna Glaze <dionnaglaze@...gle.com>
Reviewed-by: Russ Weight <russ.weight@...ux.dev>
> ---
> drivers/base/firmware_loader/sysfs_upload.c | 16 +++++++---------
> 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 9 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/base/firmware_loader/sysfs_upload.c b/drivers/base/firmware_loader/sysfs_upload.c
> index 829270067d163..7d9c6aef7720a 100644
> --- a/drivers/base/firmware_loader/sysfs_upload.c
> +++ b/drivers/base/firmware_loader/sysfs_upload.c
> @@ -204,6 +204,7 @@ static void fw_upload_main(struct work_struct *work)
> fwlp->ops->cleanup(fwl);
>
> putdev_exit:
> + module_put(fwlp->module);
> put_device(fw_dev->parent);
>
> /*
> @@ -239,6 +240,9 @@ int fw_upload_start(struct fw_sysfs *fw_sysfs)
> }
>
> fwlp = fw_sysfs->fw_upload_priv;
> + if (!try_module_get(fwlp->module)) /* released in fw_upload_main */
> + return -EFAULT;
> +
> mutex_lock(&fwlp->lock);
>
> /* Do not interfere with an on-going fw_upload */
> @@ -310,13 +314,10 @@ firmware_upload_register(struct module *module, struct device *parent,
> return ERR_PTR(-EINVAL);
> }
>
> - if (!try_module_get(module))
> - return ERR_PTR(-EFAULT);
> -
> fw_upload = kzalloc(sizeof(*fw_upload), GFP_KERNEL);
> if (!fw_upload) {
> ret = -ENOMEM;
> - goto exit_module_put;
> + goto exit_err;
> }
>
> fw_upload_priv = kzalloc(sizeof(*fw_upload_priv), GFP_KERNEL);
> @@ -358,7 +359,7 @@ firmware_upload_register(struct module *module, struct device *parent,
> if (ret) {
> dev_err(fw_dev, "%s: device_register failed\n", __func__);
> put_device(fw_dev);
> - goto exit_module_put;
> + goto exit_err;
> }
>
> return fw_upload;
> @@ -372,8 +373,7 @@ firmware_upload_register(struct module *module, struct device *parent,
> free_fw_upload:
> kfree(fw_upload);
>
> -exit_module_put:
> - module_put(module);
> +exit_err:
>
> return ERR_PTR(ret);
> }
> @@ -387,7 +387,6 @@ void firmware_upload_unregister(struct fw_upload *fw_upload)
> {
> struct fw_sysfs *fw_sysfs = fw_upload->priv;
> struct fw_upload_priv *fw_upload_priv = fw_sysfs->fw_upload_priv;
> - struct module *module = fw_upload_priv->module;
>
> mutex_lock(&fw_upload_priv->lock);
> if (fw_upload_priv->progress == FW_UPLOAD_PROG_IDLE) {
> @@ -403,6 +402,5 @@ void firmware_upload_unregister(struct fw_upload *fw_upload)
>
> unregister:
> device_unregister(&fw_sysfs->dev);
> - module_put(module);
> }
> EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(firmware_upload_unregister);
> --
> 2.47.0.163.g1226f6d8fa-goog
>
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