Re: [PATCH 1/2] Add for_each_module iterator function

From: Mathieu Desnoyers
Date: Wed Sep 22 2010 - 10:13:22 EST


* Thomas Gleixner (tglx@xxxxxxxxxxxxx) wrote:
>
>
> On Wed, 22 Sep 2010, Andi Kleen wrote:
>
> > From: Andi Kleen <ak@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> >
> > This is a generic function to iterate over all modules.
> > To be used in the next patch.
> >
> > Signed-off-by: Andi Kleen <ak@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > ---
> > include/linux/module.h | 1 +
> > kernel/module.c | 10 ++++++++++
> > 2 files changed, 11 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)
> >
> > diff --git a/include/linux/module.h b/include/linux/module.h
> > index 403ac26..809b6db 100644
> > --- a/include/linux/module.h
> > +++ b/include/linux/module.h
> > @@ -410,6 +410,7 @@ struct module *__module_address(unsigned long addr);
> > bool is_module_address(unsigned long addr);
> > bool is_module_percpu_address(unsigned long addr);
> > bool is_module_text_address(unsigned long addr);
> > +void for_each_module(void (*op)(struct module *, void *arg), void *arg);
> >
> > static inline int within_module_core(unsigned long addr, struct module *mod)
> > {
> > diff --git a/kernel/module.c b/kernel/module.c
> > index eba1341..b8fb3e6 100644
> > --- a/kernel/module.c
> > +++ b/kernel/module.c
> > @@ -384,6 +384,16 @@ struct module *find_module(const char *name)
> > }
> > EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(find_module);
> >
> > +void for_each_module(void (*op)(struct module *, void *arg), void *arg)
> > +{
> > + struct module *mod;
> > +
> > + preempt_disable();
>
> That wants rcu_read_lock()

Then we might need to add synchronize_rcu() call when modules are
unloaded. For now, there is only synchronize_sched().

Mathieu

>
> > + list_for_each_entry_rcu(mod, &modules, list)
> > + op(mod, arg);
> > + preempt_enable();
>
> Thanks,
>
> tglx

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Mathieu Desnoyers
Operating System Efficiency R&D Consultant
EfficiOS Inc.
http://www.efficios.com
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