linux/kernel/module/main.c, branch v6.3

module: Use kstrtobool() instead of strtobool()

2023-01-25T22:07:21Z

strtobool() is the same as kstrtobool(). However, the latter is more used within the kernel. In order to remove strtobool() and slightly simplify kstrtox.h, switch to the other function name. While at it, include the corresponding header file () Signed-off-by: Christophe JAILLET Reviewed-by: Luis Chamberlain Reviewed-by: Aaron Tomlin Signed-off-by: Luis Chamberlain

module: Don't wait for GOING modules

2023-01-24T20:52:52Z

During a system boot, it can happen that the kernel receives a burst of requests to insert the same module but loading it eventually fails during its init call. For instance, udev can make a request to insert a frequency module for each individual CPU when another frequency module is already loaded which causes the init function of the new module to return an error. Since commit 6e6de3dee51a ("kernel/module.c: Only return -EEXIST for modules that have finished loading"), the kernel waits for modules in MODULE_STATE_GOING state to finish unloading before making another attempt to load the same module. This creates unnecessary work in the described scenario and delays the boot. In the worst case, it can prevent udev from loading drivers for other devices and might cause timeouts of services waiting on them and subsequently a failed boot. This patch attempts a different solution for the problem 6e6de3dee51a was trying to solve. Rather than waiting for the unloading to complete, it returns a different error code (-EBUSY) for modules in the GOING state. This should avoid the error situation that was described in 6e6de3dee51a (user space attempting to load a dependent module because the -EEXIST error code would suggest to user space that the first module had been loaded successfully), while avoiding the delay situation too. This has been tested on linux-next since December 2022 and passes all kmod selftests except test 0009 with module compression enabled but it has been confirmed that this issue has existed and has gone unnoticed since prior to this commit and can also be reproduced without module compression with a simple usleep(5000000) on tools/modprobe.c [0]. These failures are caused by hitting the kernel mod_concurrent_max and can happen either due to a self inflicted kernel module auto-loead DoS somehow or on a system with large CPU count and each CPU count incorrectly triggering many module auto-loads. Both of those issues need to be fixed in-kernel. [0] https://lore.kernel.org/all/Y9A4fiobL6IHp%2F%2FP@bombadil.infradead.org/ Fixes: 6e6de3dee51a ("kernel/module.c: Only return -EEXIST for modules that have finished loading") Co-developed-by: Martin Wilck Signed-off-by: Martin Wilck Signed-off-by: Petr Pavlu Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org Reviewed-by: Petr Mladek [mcgrof: enhance commit log with testing and kmod test result interpretation ] Signed-off-by: Luis Chamberlain

Merge tag 'powerpc-6.2-1' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/powerpc/linux

2022-12-19T13:13:33Z

Pull powerpc updates from Michael Ellerman: - Add powerpc qspinlock implementation optimised for large system scalability and paravirt. See the merge message for more details - Enable objtool to be built on powerpc to generate mcount locations - Use a temporary mm for code patching with the Radix MMU, so the writable mapping is restricted to the patching CPU - Add an option to build the 64-bit big-endian kernel with the ELFv2 ABI - Sanitise user registers on interrupt entry on 64-bit Book3S - Many other small features and fixes Thanks to Aboorva Devarajan, Angel Iglesias, Benjamin Gray, Bjorn Helgaas, Bo Liu, Chen Lifu, Christoph Hellwig, Christophe JAILLET, Christophe Leroy, Christopher M. Riedl, Colin Ian King, Deming Wang, Disha Goel, Dmitry Torokhov, Finn Thain, Geert Uytterhoeven, Gustavo A. R. Silva, Haowen Bai, Joel Stanley, Jordan Niethe, Julia Lawall, Kajol Jain, Laurent Dufour, Li zeming, Miaoqian Lin, Michael Jeanson, Nathan Lynch, Naveen N. Rao, Nayna Jain, Nicholas Miehlbradt, Nicholas Piggin, Pali Rohár, Randy Dunlap, Rohan McLure, Russell Currey, Sathvika Vasireddy, Shaomin Deng, Stephen Kitt, Stephen Rothwell, Thomas Weißschuh, Tiezhu Yang, Uwe Kleine-König, Xie Shaowen, Xiu Jianfeng, XueBing Chen, Yang Yingliang, Zhang Jiaming, ruanjinjie, Jessica Yu, and Wolfram Sang. * tag 'powerpc-6.2-1' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/powerpc/linux: (181 commits) powerpc/code-patching: Fix oops with DEBUG_VM enabled powerpc/qspinlock: Fix 32-bit build powerpc/prom: Fix 32-bit build powerpc/rtas: mandate RTAS syscall filtering powerpc/rtas: define pr_fmt and convert printk call sites powerpc/rtas: clean up includes powerpc/rtas: clean up rtas_error_log_max initialization powerpc/pseries/eeh: use correct API for error log size powerpc/rtas: avoid scheduling in rtas_os_term() powerpc/rtas: avoid device tree lookups in rtas_os_term() powerpc/rtasd: use correct OF API for event scan rate powerpc/rtas: document rtas_call() powerpc/pseries: unregister VPA when hot unplugging a CPU powerpc/pseries: reset the RCU watchdogs after a LPM powerpc: Take in account addition CPU node when building kexec FDT powerpc: export the CPU node count powerpc/cpuidle: Set CPUIDLE_FLAG_POLLING for snooze state powerpc/dts/fsl: Fix pca954x i2c-mux node names cxl: Remove unnecessary cxl_pci_window_alignment() selftests/powerpc: Fix resource leaks ...

module: add module_elf_check_arch for module-specific checks

2022-12-02T06:54:07Z

The elf_check_arch() function is also used to test compatibility of usermode binaries. Kernel modules may have more specific requirements, for example powerpc would like to test for ABI version compatibility. Add a weak module_elf_check_arch() that defaults to true, and call it from elf_validity_check(). Signed-off-by: Jessica Yu [np: added changelog, adjust name, rebase] Acked-by: Luis Chamberlain Signed-off-by: Nicholas Piggin Reviewed-by: Joel Stanley Signed-off-by: Michael Ellerman Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20221128041539.1742489-2-npiggin@gmail.com

module: Remove unused macros module_addr_min/max

2022-11-11T18:19:52Z

Unused macros reported by [-Wunused-macros]. These macros are introduced to record the bound address of modules. Commit 80b8bf436990 ("module: Always have struct mod_tree_root") made "struct mod_tree_root" always present and its members addr_min and addr_max can be directly accessed. Macros module_addr_min and module_addr_min are not used anymore, so remove them. Signed-off-by: Chen Zhongjin Reviewed-by: Miroslav Benes Reviewed-by: Christophe Leroy [mcgrof: massaged the commit messsage as suggested by Miroslav] Signed-off-by: Luis Chamberlain

Merge tag 'driver-core-6.1-rc1' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/gregkh/driver-core

2022-10-08T00:04:10Z

Pull driver core updates from Greg KH: "Here is the big set of driver core and debug printk changes for 6.1-rc1. Included in here is: - dynamic debug updates for the core and the drm subsystem. The drm changes have all been acked by the relevant maintainers - kernfs fixes for syzbot reported problems - kernfs refactors and updates for cgroup requirements - magic number cleanups and removals from the kernel tree (they were not being used and they really did not actually do anything) - other tiny cleanups All of these have been in linux-next for a while with no reported issues" * tag 'driver-core-6.1-rc1' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/gregkh/driver-core: (74 commits) docs: filesystems: sysfs: Make text and code for ->show() consistent Documentation: NBD_REQUEST_MAGIC isn't a magic number a.out: restore CMAGIC device property: Add const qualifier to device_get_match_data() parameter drm_print: add _ddebug descriptor to drm_*dbg prototypes drm_print: prefer bare printk KERN_DEBUG on generic fn drm_print: optimize drm_debug_enabled for jump-label drm-print: add drm_dbg_driver to improve namespace symmetry drm-print.h: include dyndbg header drm_print: wrap drm_*_dbg in dyndbg descriptor factory macro drm_print: interpose drm_*dbg with forwarding macros drm: POC drm on dyndbg - use in core, 2 helpers, 3 drivers. drm_print: condense enum drm_debug_category debugfs: use DEFINE_SHOW_ATTRIBUTE to define debugfs_regset32_fops driver core: use IS_ERR_OR_NULL() helper in device_create_groups_vargs() Documentation: ENI155_MAGIC isn't a magic number Documentation: NBD_REPLY_MAGIC isn't a magic number nbd: remove define-only NBD_MAGIC, previously magic number Documentation: FW_HEADER_MAGIC isn't a magic number Documentation: EEPROM_MAGIC_VALUE isn't a magic number ...

cfi: Switch to -fsanitize=kcfi

2022-09-26T17:13:13Z

Switch from Clang's original forward-edge control-flow integrity implementation to -fsanitize=kcfi, which is better suited for the kernel, as it doesn't require LTO, doesn't use a jump table that requires altering function references, and won't break cross-module function address equality. Signed-off-by: Sami Tolvanen Reviewed-by: Kees Cook Tested-by: Kees Cook Tested-by: Nathan Chancellor Acked-by: Peter Zijlstra (Intel) Tested-by: Peter Zijlstra (Intel) Signed-off-by: Kees Cook Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20220908215504.3686827-6-samitolvanen@google.com

cfi: Remove CONFIG_CFI_CLANG_SHADOW

2022-09-26T17:13:12Z

In preparation to switching to -fsanitize=kcfi, remove support for the CFI module shadow that will no longer be needed. Signed-off-by: Sami Tolvanen Reviewed-by: Kees Cook Tested-by: Kees Cook Tested-by: Nathan Chancellor Acked-by: Peter Zijlstra (Intel) Tested-by: Peter Zijlstra (Intel) Signed-off-by: Kees Cook Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20220908215504.3686827-4-samitolvanen@google.com

Merge 6.0-rc5 into driver-core-next

2022-09-12T14:51:22Z

We need the driver core and debugfs changes in this branch. Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman

kernel/module: add __dyndbg_classes section

2022-09-07T15:04:49Z

Add __dyndbg_classes section, using __dyndbg as a model. Use it: vmlinux.lds.h: KEEP the new section, which also silences orphan section warning on loadable modules. Add (__start_/__stop_)__dyndbg_classes linker symbols for the c externs (below). kernel/module/main.c: - fill new fields in find_module_sections(), using section_objs() - extend callchain prototypes to pass classes, length load_module(): pass new info to dynamic_debug_setup() dynamic_debug_setup(): new params, pass through to ddebug_add_module() dynamic_debug.c: - add externs to the linker symbols. ddebug_add_module(): - It currently builds a debug_table, and *will* find and attach classes. dynamic_debug_init(): - add class fields to the _ddebug_info cursor var: di. Signed-off-by: Jim Cromie Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20220904214134.408619-16-jim.cromie@gmail.com Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman