From: Nadav Amit Subject: [PATCH v5 21/23] x86/alternative: Comment about module removal races Date: Thu, 25 Apr 2019 17:11:41 -0700 Message-ID: <20190426001143.4983-22-namit@vmware.com> In-Reply-To: <20190426001143.4983-1-namit@vmware.com> References: <20190426001143.4983-1-namit@vmware.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain To: Peter Zijlstra , Borislav Petkov , Andy Lutomirski , Ingo Molnar Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, x86@kernel.org, hpa@zytor.com, Thomas Gleixner , Nadav Amit , Dave Hansen , linux_dti@icloud.com, linux-integrity@vger.kernel.org, linux-security-module@vger.kernel.org, akpm@linux-foundation.org, kernel-hardening@lists.openwall.com, linux-mm@kvack.org, will.deacon@arm.com, ard.biesheuvel@linaro.org, kristen@linux.intel.com, deneen.t.dock@intel.com, Rick Edgecombe , Nadav Amit , Masami Hiramatsu List-ID: Add a comment to clarify that users of text_poke() must ensure that no races with module removal take place. Cc: Masami Hiramatsu Signed-off-by: Nadav Amit Signed-off-by: Rick Edgecombe --- arch/x86/kernel/alternative.c | 5 +++++ 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+) diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/alternative.c b/arch/x86/kernel/alternative.c index 18f959975ea0..7b9b49dfc05a 100644 --- a/arch/x86/kernel/alternative.c +++ b/arch/x86/kernel/alternative.c @@ -810,6 +810,11 @@ static void *__text_poke(void *addr, const void *opcode, size_t len) * It means the size must be writable atomically and the address must be aligned * in a way that permits an atomic write. It also makes sure we fit on a single * page. + * + * Note that the caller must ensure that if the modified code is part of a + * module, the module would not be removed during poking. This can be achieved + * by registering a module notifier, and ordering module removal and patching + * trough a mutex. */ void *text_poke(void *addr, const void *opcode, size_t len) { -- 2.17.1