[PATCH v2 18/20] x86/ftrace: Use vmalloc special flag

Rick Edgecombe
2019-01-29T00:41:12Z

Use new flag VM_HAS_SPECIAL_PERMS for handling freeing of special
permissioned memory in vmalloc and remove places where memory was set NX
and RW before freeing which is no longer needed.

Cc: Steven Rostedt <rostedt@goodmis.org>
Signed-off-by: Rick Edgecombe <rick.p.edgecombe@intel.com>
---
arch/x86/kernel/ftrace.c | 6 ++----
1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/ftrace.c b/arch/x86/kernel/ftrace.c
index 13c8249b197f..cf30594a2032 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/ftrace.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/ftrace.c
@@ -692,10 +692,6 @@ static inline void *alloc_tramp(unsigned long size)
}
static inline void tramp_free(void *tramp, int size)
{
- int npages = PAGE_ALIGN(size) >> PAGE_SHIFT;
-
- set_memory_nx((unsigned long)tramp, npages);
- set_memory_rw((unsigned long)tramp, npages);
module_memfree(tramp);
}
#else
@@ -820,6 +816,8 @@ create_trampoline(struct ftrace_ops *ops, unsigned int *tramp_size)
/* ALLOC_TRAMP flags lets us know we created it */
ops->flags |= FTRACE_OPS_FL_ALLOC_TRAMP;

+ set_vm_special(trampoline);
+
/*
* Module allocation needs to be completed by making the page
* executable. The page is still writable, which is a security hazard,
--
2.17.1