Re: [PATCH] module: Prevent recursion bug caused by module RCU check

[Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org>]

On Tue, Oct 20, 2015 at 12:21:03PM -0400, Steven Rostedt wrote:
> +++ b/kernel/module.c
> @@ -284,11 +284,25 @@ static void module_assert_mutex(void)
>  static void module_assert_mutex_or_preempt(void)
>  {
>  #ifdef CONFIG_LOCKDEP
> +	static int once;
> +
>  	if (unlikely(!debug_locks))
>  		return;
>  
> -	WARN_ON(!rcu_read_lock_sched_held() &&
> -		!lockdep_is_held(&module_mutex));
> +	/*
> +	 * Would be nice to use WARN_ON_ONCE(), but the warning
> +	 * that causes a stack trace may call __module_address()
> +	 * which may call here, and we trigger the warning again,
> +	 * before the WARN_ON_ONCE() updates its flag.
> +	 * To prevent the recursion, we need to open code the
> +	 * once logic.
> +	 */
> +	if (!once &&
> +	    unlikely(!rcu_read_lock_sched_held() &&
> +		     !lockdep_is_held(&module_mutex))) {
> +		once++;

		once = 1;

is more 'once' :-) Otherwise its once every 4-odd billion.

> +		WARN_ON(1);
> +	}
>  #endif
>  }
>