module: Move RO/NX module protection to after ftrace module update
authorSteven Rostedt <rostedt@goodmis.org>
Mon, 29 Nov 2010 18:15:42 +0000 (13:15 -0500)
committerSteven Rostedt <rostedt@goodmis.org>
Thu, 23 Dec 2010 14:56:00 +0000 (09:56 -0500)
The commit:

84e1c6bb38eb318e456558b610396d9f1afaabf0
x86: Add RO/NX protection for loadable kernel modules

Broke the function tracer with this output:

------------[ cut here ]------------
WARNING: at kernel/trace/ftrace.c:1014 ftrace_bug+0x114/0x171()
Hardware name: Precision WorkStation 470
Modules linked in: i2c_core(+)
Pid: 86, comm: modprobe Not tainted 2.6.37-rc2+ #68
Call Trace:
 [<ffffffff8104e957>] warn_slowpath_common+0x85/0x9d
 [<ffffffffa00026db>] ? __process_new_adapter+0x7/0x34 [i2c_core]
 [<ffffffffa00026db>] ? __process_new_adapter+0x7/0x34 [i2c_core]
 [<ffffffff8104e989>] warn_slowpath_null+0x1a/0x1c
 [<ffffffff810a9dfe>] ftrace_bug+0x114/0x171
 [<ffffffffa00026db>] ? __process_new_adapter+0x7/0x34 [i2c_core]
 [<ffffffff810aa0db>] ftrace_process_locs+0x1ae/0x274
 [<ffffffffa00026db>] ? __process_new_adapter+0x7/0x34 [i2c_core]
 [<ffffffff810aa29e>] ftrace_module_notify+0x39/0x44
 [<ffffffff814405cf>] notifier_call_chain+0x37/0x63
 [<ffffffff8106e054>] __blocking_notifier_call_chain+0x46/0x5b
 [<ffffffff8106e07d>] blocking_notifier_call_chain+0x14/0x16
 [<ffffffff8107ffde>] sys_init_module+0x73/0x1f3
 [<ffffffff8100acf2>] system_call_fastpath+0x16/0x1b
---[ end trace 2aff4f4ca53ec746 ]---
ftrace faulted on writing [<ffffffffa00026db>]
__process_new_adapter+0x7/0x34 [i2c_core]

The cause was that the module text was set to read only before ftrace
could convert the calls to mcount to nops. Thus, the conversions failed
due to not being able to write to the text locations.

The simple fix is to move setting the module to read only after the
module notifiers are called (where ftrace sets the module mcounts to nops).

Reported-by: Peter Zijlstra <a.p.zijlstra@chello.nl>
Acked-by: Rusty Russell <rusty@rustcorp.com.au>
Signed-off-by: Steven Rostedt <rostedt@goodmis.org>
kernel/module.c

index 562f665..34e00b7 100644 (file)
@@ -2816,18 +2816,6 @@ static struct module *load_module(void __user *umod,
        kfree(info.strmap);
        free_copy(&info);
 
-       /* Set RO and NX regions for core */
-       set_section_ro_nx(mod->module_core,
-                               mod->core_text_size,
-                               mod->core_ro_size,
-                               mod->core_size);
-
-       /* Set RO and NX regions for init */
-       set_section_ro_nx(mod->module_init,
-                               mod->init_text_size,
-                               mod->init_ro_size,
-                               mod->init_size);
-
        /* Done! */
        trace_module_load(mod);
        return mod;
@@ -2888,6 +2876,18 @@ SYSCALL_DEFINE3(init_module, void __user *, umod,
        blocking_notifier_call_chain(&module_notify_list,
                        MODULE_STATE_COMING, mod);
 
+       /* Set RO and NX regions for core */
+       set_section_ro_nx(mod->module_core,
+                               mod->core_text_size,
+                               mod->core_ro_size,
+                               mod->core_size);
+
+       /* Set RO and NX regions for init */
+       set_section_ro_nx(mod->module_init,
+                               mod->init_text_size,
+                               mod->init_ro_size,
+                               mod->init_size);
+
        do_mod_ctors(mod);
        /* Start the module */
        if (mod->init != NULL)