kernel/linux.git/include/linux/livepatch.h, branch v6.6.132

livepatch,sched: Add livepatch task switching to cond_resched()

2023-03-22T16:09:28+00:00

There have been reports [1][2] of live patches failing to complete within a reasonable amount of time due to CPU-bound kthreads. Fix it by patching tasks in cond_resched(). There are four different flavors of cond_resched(), depending on the kernel configuration. Hook into all of them. A more elegant solution might be to use a preempt notifier. However, non-ORC unwinders can't unwind a preempted task reliably. [1] https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/20220507174628.2086373-1-song@kernel.org/ [2] https://lkml.kernel.org/lkml/20230120-vhost-klp-switching-v1-0-7c2b65519c43@kernel.org Signed-off-by: Josh Poimboeuf Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra (Intel) Reviewed-by: Petr Mladek Tested-by: Seth Forshee (DigitalOcean) Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/4ae981466b7814ec221014fc2554b2f86f3fb70b.1677257135.git.jpoimboe@kernel.org

livepatch: Remove klp_arch_set_pc() and asm/livepatch.h

2022-05-24T06:46:37+00:00

All three versions of klp_arch_set_pc() do exactly the same: they call ftrace_instruction_pointer_set(). Call ftrace_instruction_pointer_set() directly and remove klp_arch_set_pc(). As klp_arch_set_pc() was the only thing remaining in asm/livepatch.h on x86 and s390, remove asm/livepatch.h livepatch.h remains on powerpc but its content is exclusively used by powerpc specific code. Signed-off-by: Christophe Leroy Acked-by: Petr Mladek Acked-by: Peter Zijlstra (Intel) Acked-by: Miroslav Benes Signed-off-by: Petr Mladek

livepatch: Remove .klp.arch

2020-05-07T22:12:42+00:00

After the previous patch, vmlinux-specific KLP relocations are now applied early during KLP module load. This means that .klp.arch sections are no longer needed for *vmlinux-specific* KLP relocations. One might think they're still needed for *module-specific* KLP relocations. If a to-be-patched module is loaded *after* its corresponding KLP module is loaded, any corresponding KLP relocations will be delayed until the to-be-patched module is loaded. If any special sections (.parainstructions, for example) rely on those relocations, their initializations (apply_paravirt) need to be done afterwards. Thus the apparent need for arch_klp_init_object_loaded() and its corresponding .klp.arch sections -- it allows some of the special section initializations to be done at a later time. But... if you look closer, that dependency between the special sections and the module-specific KLP relocations doesn't actually exist in reality. Looking at the contents of the .altinstructions and .parainstructions sections, there's not a realistic scenario in which a KLP module's .altinstructions or .parainstructions section needs to access a symbol in a to-be-patched module. It might need to access a local symbol or even a vmlinux symbol; but not another module's symbol. When a special section needs to reference a local or vmlinux symbol, a normal rela can be used instead of a KLP rela. Since the special section initializations don't actually have any real dependency on module-specific KLP relocations, .klp.arch and arch_klp_init_object_loaded() no longer have a reason to exist. So remove them. As Peter said much more succinctly: So the reason for .klp.arch was that .klp.rela.* stuff would overwrite paravirt instructions. If that happens you're doing it wrong. Those RELAs are core kernel, not module, and thus should've happened in .rela.* sections at patch-module loading time. Reverting this removes the two apply_{paravirt,alternatives}() calls from the late patching path, and means we don't have to worry about them when removing module_disable_ro(). [ jpoimboe: Rewrote patch description. Tweaked klp_init_object_loaded() error path. ] Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra (Intel) Signed-off-by: Josh Poimboeuf Acked-by: Peter Zijlstra (Intel) Acked-by: Joe Lawrence Acked-by: Miroslav Benes Signed-off-by: Jiri Kosina

livepatch: Apply vmlinux-specific KLP relocations early

2020-05-07T22:12:42+00:00

KLP relocations are livepatch-specific relocations which are applied to a KLP module's text or data. They exist for two reasons: 1) Unexported symbols: replacement functions often need to access unexported symbols (e.g. static functions), which "normal" relocations don't allow. 2) Late module patching: this is the ability for a KLP module to bypass normal module dependencies, such that the KLP module can be loaded *before* a to-be-patched module. This means that relocations which need to access symbols in the to-be-patched module might need to be applied to the KLP module well after it has been loaded. Non-late-patched KLP relocations are applied from the KLP module's init function. That usually works fine, unless the patched code wants to use alternatives, paravirt patching, jump tables, or some other special section which needs relocations. Then we run into ordering issues and crashes. In order for those special sections to work properly, the KLP relocations should be applied *before* the special section init code runs, such as apply_paravirt(), apply_alternatives(), or jump_label_apply_nops(). You might think the obvious solution would be to move the KLP relocation initialization earlier, but it's not necessarily that simple. The problem is the above-mentioned late module patching, for which KLP relocations can get applied well after the KLP module is loaded. To "fix" this issue in the past, we created .klp.arch sections: .klp.arch.{module}..altinstructions .klp.arch.{module}..parainstructions Those sections allow KLP late module patching code to call apply_paravirt() and apply_alternatives() after the module-specific KLP relocations (.klp.rela.{module}.{section}) have been applied. But that has a lot of drawbacks, including code complexity, the need for arch-specific code, and the (per-arch) danger that we missed some special section -- for example the __jump_table section which is used for jump labels. It turns out there's a simpler and more functional approach. There are two kinds of KLP relocation sections: 1) vmlinux-specific KLP relocation sections .klp.rela.vmlinux.{sec} These are relocations (applied to the KLP module) which reference unexported vmlinux symbols. 2) module-specific KLP relocation sections .klp.rela.{module}.{sec}: These are relocations (applied to the KLP module) which reference unexported or exported module symbols. Up until now, these have been treated the same. However, they're inherently different. Because of late module patching, module-specific KLP relocations can be applied very late, thus they can create the ordering headaches described above. But vmlinux-specific KLP relocations don't have that problem. There's nothing to prevent them from being applied earlier. So apply them at the same time as normal relocations, when the KLP module is being loaded. This means that for vmlinux-specific KLP relocations, we no longer have any ordering issues. vmlinux-referencing jump labels, alternatives, and paravirt patching will work automatically, without the need for the .klp.arch hacks. All that said, for module-specific KLP relocations, the ordering problems still exist and we *do* still need .klp.arch. Or do we? Stay tuned. Suggested-by: Peter Zijlstra Signed-off-by: Josh Poimboeuf Acked-by: Peter Zijlstra (Intel) Acked-by: Joe Lawrence Acked-by: Miroslav Benes Acked-by: Jessica Yu Signed-off-by: Jiri Kosina

livepatch: Allow to distinguish different version of system state changes

2019-11-01T12:08:19+00:00

The atomic replace runs pre/post (un)install callbacks only from the new livepatch. There are several reasons for this: + Simplicity: clear ordering of operations, no interactions between old and new callbacks. + Reliability: only new livepatch knows what changes can already be made by older livepatches and how to take over the state. + Testing: the atomic replace can be properly tested only when a newer livepatch is available. It might be too late to fix unwanted effect of callbacks from older livepatches. It might happen that an older change is not enough and the same system state has to be modified another way. Different changes need to get distinguished by a version number added to struct klp_state. The version can also be used to prevent loading incompatible livepatches. The check is done when the livepatch is enabled. The rules are: + Any completely new system state modification is allowed. + System state modifications with the same or higher version are allowed for already modified system states. + Cumulative livepatches must handle all system state modifications from already installed livepatches. + Non-cumulative livepatches are allowed to touch already modified system states. Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/20191030154313.13263-4-pmladek@suse.com To: Jiri Kosina Cc: Kamalesh Babulal Cc: Nicolai Stange Cc: live-patching@vger.kernel.org Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Acked-by: Miroslav Benes Acked-by: Joe Lawrence Acked-by: Josh Poimboeuf Signed-off-by: Petr Mladek

livepatch: Basic API to track system state changes

2019-11-01T12:08:14+00:00

This is another step how to help maintaining more livepatches. One big help was the atomic replace and cumulative livepatches. These livepatches replace the already installed ones. Therefore it should be enough when each cumulative livepatch is consistent. The problems might come with shadow variables and callbacks. They might change the system behavior or state so that it is no longer safe to go back and use an older livepatch or the original kernel code. Also, a new livepatch must be able to detect changes which were made by the already installed livepatches. This is where the livepatch system state tracking gets useful. It allows to: - find whether a system state has already been modified by previous livepatches - store data needed to manipulate and restore the system state The information about the manipulated system states is stored in an array of struct klp_state. It can be searched by two new functions klp_get_state() and klp_get_prev_state(). The dependencies are going to be solved by a version field added later. The only important information is that it will be allowed to modify the same state by more non-cumulative livepatches. It is similar to allowing to modify the same function several times. The livepatch author is responsible for preventing incompatible changes. Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/20191030154313.13263-3-pmladek@suse.com To: Jiri Kosina Cc: Kamalesh Babulal Cc: Nicolai Stange Cc: live-patching@vger.kernel.org Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Acked-by: Miroslav Benes Acked-by: Joe Lawrence Acked-by: Josh Poimboeuf Signed-off-by: Petr Mladek

Merge branch 'for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/livepatching/livepatching

2019-07-11T22:30:05+00:00

Pull livepatching updates from Jiri Kosina: - stacktrace handling improvements from Miroslav benes - debug output improvements from Petr Mladek * 'for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/livepatching/livepatching: livepatch: Remove duplicate warning about missing reliable stacktrace support Revert "livepatch: Remove reliable stacktrace check in klp_try_switch_task()" stacktrace: Remove weak version of save_stack_trace_tsk_reliable() livepatch: Use static buffer for debugging messages under rq lock livepatch: Remove stale kobj_added entries from kernel-doc descriptions

treewide: Replace GPLv2 boilerplate/reference with SPDX - rule 13

2019-05-21T09:28:45+00:00

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livepatch: Remove stale kobj_added entries from kernel-doc descriptions

2019-05-09T15:21:06+00:00

Commit 4d141ab3416d ("livepatch: Remove custom kobject state handling") removed kobj_added members of klp_func, klp_object and klp_patch structures. kernel-doc descriptions were omitted by accident. Remove them. Reported-by: Kamalesh Babulal Signed-off-by: Miroslav Benes Acked-by: Joe Lawrence Reviewed-by: Kamalesh Babulal Signed-off-by: Jiri Kosina

livepatch: Remove custom kobject state handling

2019-05-03T19:11:22+00:00

kobject_init() always succeeds and sets the reference count to 1. It allows to always free the structures via kobject_put() and the related release callback. Note that the custom kobject state handling was used only because we did not know that kobject_put() can and actually should get called even when kobject_init_and_add() fails. The patch should not change the existing behavior. Suggested-by: "Tobin C. Harding" Signed-off-by: Petr Mladek Reviewed-by: Kamalesh Babulal Acked-by: Joe Lawrence Signed-off-by: Jiri Kosina