[PATCH 3.8 098/121] ftrace/module: Hardcode ftrace_module_init() call into load_module()

[Kamal Mostafa]

3.8.13.24 -stable review patch.  If anyone has any objections, please let me know.

------------------

From: "Steven Rostedt (Red Hat)" <rostedt@xxxxxxxxxxx>

commit a949ae560a511fe4e3adf48fa44fefded93e5c2b upstream.

A race exists between module loading and enabling of function tracer.

	CPU 1				CPU 2
	-----				-----
  load_module()
   module->state = MODULE_STATE_COMING

				register_ftrace_function()
				 mutex_lock(&ftrace_lock);
				 ftrace_startup()
				  update_ftrace_function();
				   ftrace_arch_code_modify_prepare()
				    set_all_module_text_rw();
				   <enables-ftrace>
				    ftrace_arch_code_modify_post_process()
				     set_all_module_text_ro();

				[ here all module text is set to RO,
				  including the module that is
				  loading!! ]

   blocking_notifier_call_chain(MODULE_STATE_COMING);
    ftrace_init_module()

     [ tries to modify code, but it's RO, and fails!
       ftrace_bug() is called]

When this race happens, ftrace_bug() will produces a nasty warning and
all of the function tracing features will be disabled until reboot.

The simple solution is to treate module load the same way the core
kernel is treated at boot. To hardcode the ftrace function modification
of converting calls to mcount into nops. This is done in init/main.c
there's no reason it could not be done in load_module(). This gives
a better control of the changes and doesn't tie the state of the
module to its notifiers as much. Ftrace is special, it needs to be
treated as such.

The reason this would work, is that the ftrace_module_init() would be
called while the module is in MODULE_STATE_UNFORMED, which is ignored
by the set_all_module_text_ro() call.

Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/1395637826-3312-1-git-send-email-indou.takao@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx

Reported-by: Takao Indoh <indou.takao@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Acked-by: Rusty Russell <rusty@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Steven Rostedt <rostedt@xxxxxxxxxxx>
[ kamal: backport to 3.8: context ]
Signed-off-by: Kamal Mostafa <kamal@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
 include/linux/ftrace.h |  2 ++
 kernel/module.c        |  3 +++
 kernel/trace/ftrace.c  | 27 ++++-----------------------
 3 files changed, 9 insertions(+), 23 deletions(-)

diff --git a/include/linux/ftrace.h b/include/linux/ftrace.h
index 616603d..2d12e0b 100644
--- a/include/linux/ftrace.h
+++ b/include/linux/ftrace.h
@@ -516,6 +516,7 @@ static inline int ftrace_modify_call(struct dyn_ftrace *rec, unsigned long old_a
 extern int ftrace_arch_read_dyn_info(char *buf, int size);
 
 extern int skip_trace(unsigned long ip);
+extern void ftrace_module_init(struct module *mod);
 
 extern void ftrace_disable_daemon(void);
 extern void ftrace_enable_daemon(void);
@@ -525,6 +526,7 @@ static inline int ftrace_force_update(void) { return 0; }
 static inline void ftrace_disable_daemon(void) { }
 static inline void ftrace_enable_daemon(void) { }
 static inline void ftrace_release_mod(struct module *mod) {}
+static inline void ftrace_module_init(struct module *mod) {}
 static inline int register_ftrace_command(struct ftrace_func_command *cmd)
 {
 	return -EINVAL;
diff --git a/kernel/module.c b/kernel/module.c
index af2c7e6..039aa33 100644
--- a/kernel/module.c
+++ b/kernel/module.c
@@ -3238,6 +3238,9 @@ again:
 
 	dynamic_debug_setup(info->debug, info->num_debug);
 
+	/* Ftrace init must be called in the MODULE_STATE_UNFORMED state */
+	ftrace_module_init(mod);
+
 	mutex_lock(&module_mutex);
 	/* Find duplicate symbols (must be called under lock). */
 	err = verify_export_symbols(mod);
diff --git a/kernel/trace/ftrace.c b/kernel/trace/ftrace.c
index 384cb73..8ca28af 100644
--- a/kernel/trace/ftrace.c
+++ b/kernel/trace/ftrace.c
@@ -4048,16 +4048,11 @@ static void ftrace_init_module(struct module *mod,
 	ftrace_process_locs(mod, start, end);
 }
 
-static int ftrace_module_notify_enter(struct notifier_block *self,
-				      unsigned long val, void *data)
+void ftrace_module_init(struct module *mod)
 {
-	struct module *mod = data;
-
-	if (val == MODULE_STATE_COMING)
-		ftrace_init_module(mod, mod->ftrace_callsites,
-				   mod->ftrace_callsites +
-				   mod->num_ftrace_callsites);
-	return 0;
+	ftrace_init_module(mod, mod->ftrace_callsites,
+			   mod->ftrace_callsites +
+			   mod->num_ftrace_callsites);
 }
 
 static int ftrace_module_notify_exit(struct notifier_block *self,
@@ -4071,11 +4066,6 @@ static int ftrace_module_notify_exit(struct notifier_block *self,
 	return 0;
 }
 #else
-static int ftrace_module_notify_enter(struct notifier_block *self,
-				      unsigned long val, void *data)
-{
-	return 0;
-}
 static int ftrace_module_notify_exit(struct notifier_block *self,
 				     unsigned long val, void *data)
 {
@@ -4083,11 +4073,6 @@ static int ftrace_module_notify_exit(struct notifier_block *self,
 }
 #endif /* CONFIG_MODULES */
 
-struct notifier_block ftrace_module_enter_nb = {
-	.notifier_call = ftrace_module_notify_enter,
-	.priority = INT_MAX,	/* Run before anything that can use kprobes */
-};
-
 struct notifier_block ftrace_module_exit_nb = {
 	.notifier_call = ftrace_module_notify_exit,
 	.priority = INT_MIN,	/* Run after anything that can remove kprobes */
@@ -4124,10 +4109,6 @@ void __init ftrace_init(void)
 				  __start_mcount_loc,
 				  __stop_mcount_loc);
 
-	ret = register_module_notifier(&ftrace_module_enter_nb);
-	if (ret)
-		pr_warning("Failed to register trace ftrace module enter notifier\n");
-
 	ret = register_module_notifier(&ftrace_module_exit_nb);
 	if (ret)
 		pr_warning("Failed to register trace ftrace module exit notifier\n");
-- 
1.9.1

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