Re: [PATCH 12/13] x86/jitalloc: prepare to allocate exectuatble memory as ROX

[Peter Zijlstra]

On Thu, Jun 01, 2023 at 01:12:56PM +0300, Mike Rapoport wrote:

> +static void __init_or_module do_text_poke(void *addr, const void *opcode, size_t len)
> +{
> +	if (system_state < SYSTEM_RUNNING) {
> +		text_poke_early(addr, opcode, len);
> +	} else {
> +		mutex_lock(&text_mutex);
> +		text_poke(addr, opcode, len);
> +		mutex_unlock(&text_mutex);
> +	}
> +}

So I don't much like do_text_poke(); why?

> diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/ftrace.c b/arch/x86/kernel/ftrace.c
> index aa99536b824c..d50595f2c1a6 100644
> --- a/arch/x86/kernel/ftrace.c
> +++ b/arch/x86/kernel/ftrace.c
> @@ -118,10 +118,13 @@ ftrace_modify_code_direct(unsigned long ip, const char *old_code,
>  		return ret;
>  
>  	/* replace the text with the new text */
> -	if (ftrace_poke_late)
> +	if (ftrace_poke_late) {
>  		text_poke_queue((void *)ip, new_code, MCOUNT_INSN_SIZE, NULL);
> -	else
> -		text_poke_early((void *)ip, new_code, MCOUNT_INSN_SIZE);
> +	} else {
> +		mutex_lock(&text_mutex);
> +		text_poke((void *)ip, new_code, MCOUNT_INSN_SIZE);
> +		mutex_unlock(&text_mutex);
> +	}
>  	return 0;
>  }

And in the above case it's actively wrong for loosing the _queue()
thing.