On Wed,  8 Jan 2025 10:04:55 +0100
Sebastian Andrzej Siewior <[email protected]> wrote:

> __module_text_address() can be invoked within a RCU section, there is no
> requirement to have preemption disabled.
> 
> Replace the preempt_disable() section around __module_text_address()
> with RCU.

Hi,

Since the below cleanup has been merged, this patch needs to be updated.

https://lore.kernel.org/all/[email protected]/

(may need to change the guard(preempt)() -> guard(rcu)() in the new version.)

Thank you,

> 
> Cc: David S. Miller <[email protected]>
> Cc: Anil S Keshavamurthy <[email protected]>
> Cc: Masami Hiramatsu <[email protected]>
> Cc: Naveen N Rao <[email protected]>
> Cc: [email protected]
> Acked-by: Peter Zijlstra (Intel) <[email protected]>
> Signed-off-by: Sebastian Andrzej Siewior <[email protected]>
> ---
>  kernel/kprobes.c | 4 ++--
>  1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/kernel/kprobes.c b/kernel/kprobes.c
> index b027a4030976a..22e47a27df4aa 100644
> --- a/kernel/kprobes.c
> +++ b/kernel/kprobes.c
> @@ -1566,7 +1566,7 @@ static int check_kprobe_address_safe(struct kprobe *p,
>       if (ret)
>               return ret;
>       jump_label_lock();
> -     preempt_disable();
> +     rcu_read_lock();
>  
>       /* Ensure the address is in a text area, and find a module if exists. */
>       *probed_mod = NULL;
> @@ -1612,7 +1612,7 @@ static int check_kprobe_address_safe(struct kprobe *p,
>       }
>  
>  out:
> -     preempt_enable();
> +     rcu_read_unlock();
>       jump_label_unlock();
>  
>       return ret;
> -- 
> 2.47.1
> 


-- 
Masami Hiramatsu (Google) <[email protected]>

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