[PATCH 20/41] x86/alternatives: Add text_mutex) assert to text_poke_int3_flush()
From: Ingo Molnar
Date: Thu Mar 27 2025 - 16:59:01 EST
It's possible to escape the text_mutex-held assert in
text_poke_int3_batch() if the caller uses a properly
batched and sorted series of patch requests, so add
an explicit lockdep_assert_held() to make sure it's
held by all callers.
All text_poke_int3_*() APIs will call either text_poke_int3_batch()
or text_poke_int3_flush() internally.
The text_mutex must be held, because tp_vec and tp_vec_nr et al
are all globals, and the INT3 patching machinery itself relies on
external serialization.
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
arch/x86/kernel/alternative.c | 2 ++
1 file changed, 2 insertions(+)
diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/alternative.c b/arch/x86/kernel/alternative.c
index a10e1b9db7b4..f75806d699be 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/alternative.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/alternative.c
@@ -2860,6 +2860,8 @@ static bool tp_order_fail(void *addr)
static void text_poke_int3_flush(void *addr)
{
+ lockdep_assert_held(&text_mutex);
+
if (tp_vec_nr == TP_VEC_MAX || tp_order_fail(addr)) {
text_poke_int3_batch(tp_vec, tp_vec_nr);
tp_vec_nr = 0;
--
2.45.2