From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.0 (2014-02-07) on aws-us-west-2-korg-lkml-1.web.codeaurora.org X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-2.8 required=3.0 tests=HEADER_FROM_DIFFERENT_DOMAINS, MAILING_LIST_MULTI,SPF_PASS,URIBL_BLOCKED,USER_AGENT_GIT autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.0 Received: from mail.kernel.org (mail.kernel.org [198.145.29.99]) by smtp.lore.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id AB9D7C43334 for ; Thu, 30 Aug 2018 17:34:10 +0000 (UTC) Received: from vger.kernel.org (vger.kernel.org [209.132.180.67]) by mail.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6CC6720838 for ; Thu, 30 Aug 2018 17:34:10 +0000 (UTC) DMARC-Filter: OpenDMARC Filter v1.3.2 mail.kernel.org 6CC6720838 Authentication-Results: mail.kernel.org; dmarc=fail (p=none dis=none) header.from=vmware.com Authentication-Results: mail.kernel.org; spf=none smtp.mailfrom=linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1727574AbeH3VhU (ORCPT ); Thu, 30 Aug 2018 17:37:20 -0400 Received: from ex13-edg-ou-002.vmware.com ([208.91.0.190]:14372 "EHLO EX13-EDG-OU-002.vmware.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1725836AbeH3VhU (ORCPT ); Thu, 30 Aug 2018 17:37:20 -0400 Received: from sc9-mailhost2.vmware.com (10.113.161.72) by EX13-EDG-OU-002.vmware.com (10.113.208.156) with Microsoft SMTP Server id 15.0.1156.6; Thu, 30 Aug 2018 10:33:41 -0700 Received: from sc2-haas01-esx0118.eng.vmware.com (sc2-haas01-esx0118.eng.vmware.com [10.172.44.118]) by sc9-mailhost2.vmware.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 90A96B05D7; Thu, 30 Aug 2018 13:34:06 -0400 (EDT) From: Nadav Amit To: Thomas Gleixner CC: , Ingo Molnar , , Arnd Bergmann , , Dave Hansen , Nadav Amit , Andy Lutomirski , Masami Hiramatsu , Kees Cook , Dave Hansen Subject: [PATCH 1/6] x86/alternatives: clarify text_mutex use in text_poke Date: Thu, 30 Aug 2018 10:32:13 -0700 Message-ID: <20180830173218.238900-2-namit@vmware.com> X-Mailer: git-send-email 2.17.1 In-Reply-To: <20180830173218.238900-1-namit@vmware.com> References: <20180830173218.238900-1-namit@vmware.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Received-SPF: None (EX13-EDG-OU-002.vmware.com: namit@vmware.com does not designate permitted sender hosts) Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org text_mutex is expected to be held before text_poke() is called, but we cannot add a lockdep assertion since kgdb does not take it, and instead *supposedly* ensures the lock is not taken and will not be acquired by any other core while text_poke() is running. The reason for the "supposedly" comment is that it is not entirely clear that this would be the case if gdb_do_roundup is zero. Add a comment to clarify this behavior. Cc: Andy Lutomirski Cc: Masami Hiramatsu Cc: Kees Cook Cc: Dave Hansen Suggested-by: Peter Zijlstra Signed-off-by: Nadav Amit --- arch/x86/kernel/alternative.c | 5 ++++- 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/alternative.c b/arch/x86/kernel/alternative.c index 014f214da581..d0c0d8b724e1 100644 --- a/arch/x86/kernel/alternative.c +++ b/arch/x86/kernel/alternative.c @@ -685,7 +685,10 @@ void *__init_or_module text_poke_early(void *addr, const void *opcode, * in a way that permits an atomic write. It also makes sure we fit on a single * page. * - * Note: Must be called under text_mutex. + * Context: Must be called under text_mutex. kgdb is an exception: it does not + * hold the mutex, as it *supposedly* ensures that no other core is + * holding the mutex and ensures that none of them will acquire the + * mutex while the code runs. */ void *text_poke(void *addr, const void *opcode, size_t len) { -- 2.17.1