Re: [PATCH] livepatch: Convert error about unsupported reliable stacktrace into a warning

[Miroslav Benes]

On Thu, 18 Apr 2019, Josh Poimboeuf wrote:

> On Thu, Apr 18, 2019 at 01:29:36PM +0200, Petr Mladek wrote:
> > The commit d0807da78e11d46f ("livepatch: Remove immediate feature") caused
> > that any livepatch was refused when reliable stacktraces were not supported
> > on the given architecture.
> > 
> > The limitation is too strong. User space processes are safely migrated
> > even when entering or leaving the kernel. Kthreads transition would
> > need to get forced. But it is safe when:
> > 
> >    + The livepatch does not change the semantic of the code.
> >    + Callbacks do not depend on a safely finished transition.
> > 
> > Suggested-by: Josh Poimboeuf <jpoimboe@xxxxxxxxxx>
> > Signed-off-by: Petr Mladek <pmladek@xxxxxxxx>
> > ---
> >  kernel/livepatch/core.c | 5 ++---
> >  1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
> > 
> > diff --git a/kernel/livepatch/core.c b/kernel/livepatch/core.c
> > index eb0ee10a1981..14f33ab6c583 100644
> > --- a/kernel/livepatch/core.c
> > +++ b/kernel/livepatch/core.c
> > @@ -1003,11 +1003,10 @@ int klp_enable_patch(struct klp_patch *patch)
> >  		return -ENODEV;
> >  
> >  	if (!klp_have_reliable_stack()) {
> > -		pr_err("This architecture doesn't have support for the livepatch consistency model.\n");
> > -		return -EOPNOTSUPP;
> > +		pr_warn("This architecture doesn't have support for the livepatch consistency model.\n");
> > +		pr_warn("The livepatch transition may never complete.\n");
> >  	}
> >  
> > -
> >  	mutex_lock(&klp_mutex);
> >  
> >  	ret = klp_init_patch_early(patch);
> 
> Thanks Petr.  I would also suggest that we remove the WARN_ONCE() from
> the weak version of save_stack_trace_tsk_reliable(), since we expect it
> to be used in this case.

Moreover, we have WARN_ON_ONCE(ret == -ENOSYS) in klp_check_stack() where 
save_stack_trace_tsk_reliable() is called.

Miroslav