[PATCH] x86/alternatives: free smp_alt_modules when enable smp

From: Zhou Chengming
Date: Fri Oct 27 2017 - 03:15:07 EST


In the current code, we don't free smp_alt_modules when enable smp,
so have to wait module unload to call alternatives_smp_module_del()
to free its smp_alt_module. This strategy has shortcomings.
We can make sure smp_alt_modules will be useless after enable smp,
so free it all. And alternatives_smp_module_del() can return directly
when !uniproc_patched to avoid a list traversal.

Signed-off-by: Zhou Chengming <zhouchengming1@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
arch/x86/kernel/alternative.c | 11 +++++++++--
1 file changed, 9 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/alternative.c b/arch/x86/kernel/alternative.c
index 3344d33..8549269 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/alternative.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/alternative.c
@@ -534,6 +534,9 @@ void __init_or_module alternatives_smp_module_del(struct module *mod)
struct smp_alt_module *item;

mutex_lock(&smp_alt);
+ if (!uniproc_patched)
+ goto unlock;
+
list_for_each_entry(item, &smp_alt_modules, next) {
if (mod != item->mod)
continue;
@@ -541,12 +544,13 @@ void __init_or_module alternatives_smp_module_del(struct module *mod)
kfree(item);
break;
}
+unlock:
mutex_unlock(&smp_alt);
}

void alternatives_enable_smp(void)
{
- struct smp_alt_module *mod;
+ struct smp_alt_module *mod, *tmp;

/* Why bother if there are no other CPUs? */
BUG_ON(num_possible_cpus() == 1);
@@ -558,9 +562,12 @@ void alternatives_enable_smp(void)
BUG_ON(num_online_cpus() != 1);
clear_cpu_cap(&boot_cpu_data, X86_FEATURE_UP);
clear_cpu_cap(&cpu_data(0), X86_FEATURE_UP);
- list_for_each_entry(mod, &smp_alt_modules, next)
+ list_for_each_entry_safe(mod, tmp, &smp_alt_modules, next) {
alternatives_smp_lock(mod->locks, mod->locks_end,
mod->text, mod->text_end);
+ list_del(&mod->next);
+ kfree(mod);
+ }
uniproc_patched = false;
}
mutex_unlock(&smp_alt);
--
1.8.3.1