From 68007289bf3cd937a5b8fc4987d2787167bd06ca Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Petr Mladek Date: Wed, 9 Jan 2019 13:43:22 +0100 Subject: livepatch: Don't block the removal of patches loaded after a forced transition module_put() is currently never called in klp_complete_transition() when klp_force is set. As a result, we might keep the reference count even when klp_enable_patch() fails and klp_cancel_transition() is called. This might give the impression that a module might get blocked in some strange init state. Fortunately, it is not the case. The reference count is ignored when mod->init fails and erroneous modules are always removed. Anyway, this might be confusing. Instead, this patch moves the global klp_forced flag into struct klp_patch. As a result, we block only modules that might still be in use after a forced transition. Newly loaded livepatches might be eventually completely removed later. It is not a big deal. But the code is at least consistent with the reality. Signed-off-by: Petr Mladek Acked-by: Joe Lawrence Acked-by: Miroslav Benes Acked-by: Josh Poimboeuf Signed-off-by: Jiri Kosina --- kernel/livepatch/core.h | 1 + 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+) (limited to 'kernel/livepatch/core.h') diff --git a/kernel/livepatch/core.h b/kernel/livepatch/core.h index 48a83d4364cf..d0cb5390e247 100644 --- a/kernel/livepatch/core.h +++ b/kernel/livepatch/core.h @@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ #include extern struct mutex klp_mutex; +extern struct list_head klp_patches; static inline bool klp_is_object_loaded(struct klp_object *obj) { -- cgit v1.2.3