Re: Locking Between User Context and Soft IRQs in 2.4.0

From: Andrew Morton (andrewm@uow.edu.au)
Date: Sat Nov 04 2000 - 20:52:26 EST


Andrew Morton wrote:
>
> Perhaps the best thing to do here is to create a system-wide
> semaphore for module unloading. So we do a down()/up()
> in sys_delete_module() and do this in dev_open:

Yep. I think this is right. Jeff, this supersedes the
patch you sent to devem yesterday.

--- linux-2.4.0-test10/include/linux/netdevice.h Sat Nov 4 16:22:49 2000
+++ linux-akpm/include/linux/netdevice.h Sun Nov 5 12:40:00 2000
@@ -146,6 +146,11 @@
 struct neigh_parms;
 struct sk_buff;
 
+/* Centralised module refcounting for netdevices */
+struct module;
+#define SET_NETDEVICE_OWNER(dev) \
+ do { dev->owner = THIS_MODULE; } while (0)
+
 struct netif_rx_stats
 {
         unsigned total;
@@ -382,6 +387,9 @@
                                                      unsigned char *haddr);
         int (*neigh_setup)(struct net_device *dev, struct neigh_parms *);
         int (*accept_fastpath)(struct net_device *, struct dst_entry*);
+
+ /* open/release and usage marking */
+ struct module *owner;
 
         /* bridge stuff */
         struct net_bridge_port *br_port;
--- linux-2.4.0-test10/include/linux/module.h Sat Nov 4 16:22:49 2000
+++ linux-akpm/include/linux/module.h Sun Nov 5 12:37:54 2000
@@ -146,10 +146,16 @@
 #ifdef CONFIG_MODULES
 extern unsigned long get_module_symbol(char *, char *);
 extern void put_module_symbol(unsigned long);
+struct semaphore;
+extern struct semaphore mod_unload_sem;
+#define DOWN_MOD_UNLOAD_SEM() down(&mod_unload_sem)
+#define UP_MOD_UNLOAD_SEM() up(&mod_unload_sem)
 #else
 static inline unsigned long get_module_symbol(char *unused1, char *unused2) { return 0; };
 static inline void put_module_symbol(unsigned long unused) { };
-#endif
+#define DOWN_MOD_UNLOAD_SEM() do { } while (0)
+#define UP_MOD_UNLOAD_SEM() do { } while (0)
+#endif
 
 extern int try_inc_mod_count(struct module *mod);
 
--- linux-2.4.0-test10/net/core/dev.c Sat Nov 4 16:22:50 2000
+++ linux-akpm/net/core/dev.c Sun Nov 5 12:39:23 2000
@@ -93,6 +93,7 @@
 #include <net/profile.h>
 #include <linux/init.h>
 #include <linux/kmod.h>
+#include <linux/module.h>
 #if defined(CONFIG_NET_RADIO) || defined(CONFIG_NET_PCMCIA_RADIO)
 #include <linux/wireless.h> /* Note : will define WIRELESS_EXT */
 #endif /* CONFIG_NET_RADIO || CONFIG_NET_PCMCIA_RADIO */
@@ -666,9 +667,20 @@
         /*
          * Call device private open method
          */
-
- if (dev->open)
- ret = dev->open(dev);
+ DOWN_MOD_UNLOAD_SEM(); /* Synchronise with sys_delete_module */
+ if (dev->owner == 0) {
+ if (dev->open)
+ ret = dev->open(dev);
+ } else {
+ if (try_inc_mod_count(dev->owner)) {
+ if (dev->open) {
+ if ((ret = dev->open(dev)) != 0)
+ __MOD_DEC_USE_COUNT(dev->owner);
+ }
+ } else
+ ret = -ENODEV;
+ }
+ UP_MOD_UNLOAD_SEM();
 
         /*
          * If it went open OK then:
@@ -783,6 +795,13 @@
          * Tell people we are down
          */
         notifier_call_chain(&netdev_chain, NETDEV_DOWN, dev);
+
+ /*
+ * Drop the module refcount
+ */
+ if (dev->owner) {
+ __MOD_DEC_USE_COUNT(dev->owner);
+ }
 
         return(0);
 }
--- linux-2.4.0-test10/kernel/module.c Sat Nov 4 16:22:49 2000
+++ linux-akpm/kernel/module.c Sun Nov 5 12:36:03 2000
@@ -44,6 +44,7 @@
 static struct module *find_module(const char *name);
 static void free_module(struct module *, int tag_freed);
 
+DECLARE_MUTEX(mod_unload_sem);
 
 /*
  * Called at boot time
@@ -369,6 +370,7 @@
                 return -EPERM;
 
         lock_kernel();
+ down(&mod_unload_sem);
         if (name_user) {
                 if ((error = get_mod_name(name_user, &name)) < 0)
                         goto out;
@@ -431,6 +433,7 @@
                 mod->flags &= ~MOD_JUST_FREED;
         error = 0;
 out:
+ up(&mod_unload_sem);
         unlock_kernel();
         return error;
 }
-
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