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From: Joe Lawrence <joe.lawrence@redhat.com>
To: live-patching@vger.kernel.org
Cc: Joe Lawrence <joe.lawrence@redhat.com>,
	Miroslav Benes <mbenes@suse.cz>, Petr Mladek <pmladek@suse.com>,
	Yannick Cote <ycote@redhat.com>
Subject: [PATCH v2] selftests/livepatch: better synchronize test_klp_callbacks_busy
Date: Thu,  2 Jun 2022 16:32:33 -0400	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20220602203233.979681-1-joe.lawrence@redhat.com> (raw)

The test_klp_callbacks_busy module conditionally blocks a future
livepatch transition by busy waiting inside its workqueue function,
busymod_work_func().  After scheduling this work, a test livepatch is
loaded, introducing the transition under test.

Both events are marked in the kernel log for later verification, but
there is no synchronization to ensure that busymod_work_func() logs its
function entry message before subsequent selftest commands log their own
messages.  This can lead to a rare test failure due to unexpected
ordering like:

  --- expected
  +++ result
  @@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
   % modprobe test_klp_callbacks_busy block_transition=Y
   test_klp_callbacks_busy: test_klp_callbacks_busy_init
  -test_klp_callbacks_busy: busymod_work_func enter
   % modprobe test_klp_callbacks_demo
  +test_klp_callbacks_busy: busymod_work_func enter
   livepatch: enabling patch 'test_klp_callbacks_demo'
   livepatch: 'test_klp_callbacks_demo': initializing patching transition
   test_klp_callbacks_demo: pre_patch_callback: vmlinux

Force the module init function to wait until busymod_work_func() has
started (and logged its message), before exiting to the next selftest
steps.

Fixes: 547840bd5ae5 ("selftests/livepatch: simplify test-klp-callbacks busy target tests")
Signed-off-by: Joe Lawrence <joe.lawrence@redhat.com>
Reviewed-by: Petr Mladek <pmladek@suse.com>
---
 lib/livepatch/test_klp_callbacks_busy.c | 8 ++++++++
 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+)

diff --git a/lib/livepatch/test_klp_callbacks_busy.c b/lib/livepatch/test_klp_callbacks_busy.c
index 7ac845f65be5..133929e0ce8f 100644
--- a/lib/livepatch/test_klp_callbacks_busy.c
+++ b/lib/livepatch/test_klp_callbacks_busy.c
@@ -16,10 +16,12 @@ MODULE_PARM_DESC(block_transition, "block_transition (default=false)");
 
 static void busymod_work_func(struct work_struct *work);
 static DECLARE_WORK(work, busymod_work_func);
+static DECLARE_COMPLETION(busymod_work_started);
 
 static void busymod_work_func(struct work_struct *work)
 {
 	pr_info("%s enter\n", __func__);
+	complete(&busymod_work_started);
 
 	while (READ_ONCE(block_transition)) {
 		/*
@@ -37,6 +39,12 @@ static int test_klp_callbacks_busy_init(void)
 	pr_info("%s\n", __func__);
 	schedule_work(&work);
 
+	/*
+	 * To synchronize kernel messages, hold the init function from
+	 * exiting until the work function's entry message has printed.
+	 */
+	wait_for_completion(&busymod_work_started);
+
 	if (!block_transition) {
 		/*
 		 * Serialize output: print all messages from the work
-- 
2.26.3


             reply	other threads:[~2022-06-02 20:33 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 2+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2022-06-02 20:32 Joe Lawrence [this message]
2022-06-15  9:21 ` [PATCH v2] selftests/livepatch: better synchronize test_klp_callbacks_busy Petr Mladek

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