[PATCH] reduce the time of finding symbols for module

From: Zhou Chengming
Date: Mon Mar 27 2017 - 22:05:41 EST


It's reported that the time of insmoding a klp.ko for one of our
out-tree modules is too long.

~ time sudo insmod klp.ko
real 0m23.799s
user 0m0.036s
sys 0m21.256s

Then we found the reason: klp_find_object_symbol() uses the interface
kallsyms_on_each_symbol() even for finding module symbols, so will waste
a lot of time. This patch changes it to use module_kallsyms_on_each_symbol()
for modules symbols.

After we apply this patch, the sys time reduced dramatically.
~ time sudo insmod klp.ko
real 0m1.007s
user 0m0.032s
sys 0m0.924s

Signed-off-by: Zhou Chengming <zhouchengming1@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
kernel/livepatch/core.c | 5 ++++-
1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/kernel/livepatch/core.c b/kernel/livepatch/core.c
index af46438..b4b8bb0 100644
--- a/kernel/livepatch/core.c
+++ b/kernel/livepatch/core.c
@@ -182,7 +182,10 @@ static int klp_find_object_symbol(const char *objname, const char *name,
};

mutex_lock(&module_mutex);
- kallsyms_on_each_symbol(klp_find_callback, &args);
+ if (objname)
+ module_kallsyms_on_each_symbol(klp_find_callback, &args);
+ else
+ kallsyms_on_each_symbol(klp_find_callback, &args);
mutex_unlock(&module_mutex);

/*
--
1.8.3.1