Re: [PATCH 2/2] livepatch: __klp_disable_patch() should never be called for disabled patches

From: Joe Lawrence
Date: Tue Oct 24 2017 - 10:27:31 EST


On Fri, Oct 20, 2017 at 04:56:51PM +0200, Petr Mladek wrote:
> __klp_disable_patch() should never be called when the patch is not
> enabled. Let's add the same warning that we have in __klp_enable_patch().
>
> This allows to remove the check when calling klp_pre_unpatch_callback().
> It was strange anyway because it repeatedly checked per-patch flag
> for each patched object.
>
> Signed-off-by: Petr Mladek <pmladek@xxxxxxxx>
> ---
> 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 eb134479c394..287f71e9dbfe 100644
> --- a/kernel/livepatch/core.c
> +++ b/kernel/livepatch/core.c
> @@ -282,6 +282,9 @@ static int __klp_disable_patch(struct klp_patch *patch)
> {
> struct klp_object *obj;
>
> + if (WARN_ON(!patch->enabled))
> + return -EINVAL;
> +
> if (klp_transition_patch)
> return -EBUSY;
>
> @@ -293,7 +296,7 @@ static int __klp_disable_patch(struct klp_patch *patch)
> klp_init_transition(patch, KLP_UNPATCHED);
>
> klp_for_each_object(patch, obj)
> - if (patch->enabled && obj->patched)
> + if (obj->patched)
> klp_pre_unpatch_callback(obj);
>
> /*
> --
> 1.8.5.6

Looks reasonable to me and cleans up the klp_pre_unpatch_callback()
calling condition.

Acked-by: Joe Lawrence <joe.lawrence@xxxxxxxxxx>