linux-kernel - [PATCH v3 27/28] static_call: Use RCU in all users of __module_text

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Message-ID: <20250108090457.512198-28-bigeasy@linutronix.de>
Date: Wed,  8 Jan 2025 10:04:56 +0100
From: Sebastian Andrzej Siewior <bigeasy@...utronix.de>
To: linux-modules@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Cc: Daniel Gomez <da.gomez@...sung.com>,
	Luis Chamberlain <mcgrof@...nel.org>,
	"Paul E . McKenney" <paulmck@...nel.org>,
	Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>,
	Petr Pavlu <petr.pavlu@...e.com>,
	Sami Tolvanen <samitolvanen@...gle.com>,
	Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
	Sebastian Andrzej Siewior <bigeasy@...utronix.de>
Subject: [PATCH v3 27/28] static_call: Use RCU in all users of __module_text_address().

__module_text_address() can be invoked within a RCU section, there is no
requirement to have preemption disabled.

Replace the preempt_disable() section around __module_text_address()
with RCU.

Acked-by: Peter Zijlstra (Intel) <peterz@...radead.org>
Signed-off-by: Sebastian Andrzej Siewior <bigeasy@...utronix.de>
---
 kernel/static_call_inline.c | 13 ++++++-------
 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)

diff --git a/kernel/static_call_inline.c b/kernel/static_call_inline.c
index bb7d066a7c397..c2c59e6ef35d0 100644
--- a/kernel/static_call_inline.c
+++ b/kernel/static_call_inline.c
@@ -325,13 +325,12 @@ static int __static_call_mod_text_reserved(void *start, void *end)
 	struct module *mod;
 	int ret;
 
-	preempt_disable();
-	mod = __module_text_address((unsigned long)start);
-	WARN_ON_ONCE(__module_text_address((unsigned long)end) != mod);
-	if (!try_module_get(mod))
-		mod = NULL;
-	preempt_enable();
-
+	scoped_guard(rcu) {
+		mod = __module_text_address((unsigned long)start);
+		WARN_ON_ONCE(__module_text_address((unsigned long)end) != mod);
+		if (!try_module_get(mod))
+			mod = NULL;
+	}
 	if (!mod)
 		return 0;
 
-- 
2.47.1