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author | Sebastian Andrzej Siewior <bigeasy@linutronix.de> | 2025-01-08 12:04:42 +0300 |
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committer | Petr Pavlu <petr.pavlu@suse.com> | 2025-03-10 13:54:45 +0300 |
commit | 2abf84f688bed9cb4d3208d9d538b3387d292972 (patch) | |
tree | 911dc7647b173ceeb50752992c0574a93b42218f /tools/perf/scripts/python/libxed.py | |
parent | 7d9dda6f628fde3d227a69bec6a82160577b79ca (diff) | |
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module: Use RCU in search_module_extables().
search_module_extables() returns an exception_table_entry belonging to a
module. The lookup via __module_address() can be performed with RCU
protection.
The returned exception_table_entry remains valid because the passed
address usually belongs to a module that is currently executed. So the
module can not be removed because "something else" holds a reference to
it, ensuring that it can not be removed.
Exceptions here are:
- kprobe, acquires a reference on the module beforehand
- MCE, invokes the function from within a timer and the RCU lifetime
guarantees (of the timer) are sufficient.
Therefore it is safe to return the exception_table_entry outside the RCU
section which provided the module.
Use RCU for the lookup in search_module_extables() and update the
comment.
Signed-off-by: Sebastian Andrzej Siewior <bigeasy@linutronix.de>
Acked-by: Peter Zijlstra (Intel) <peterz@infradead.org>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20250108090457.512198-14-bigeasy@linutronix.de
Signed-off-by: Petr Pavlu <petr.pavlu@suse.com>
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