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Diffstat (limited to 'Documentation/livepatch/shadow-vars.txt')
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1 files changed, 29 insertions, 12 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/livepatch/shadow-vars.txt b/Documentation/livepatch/shadow-vars.txt index 89c66634d600..ecc09a7be5dd 100644 --- a/Documentation/livepatch/shadow-vars.txt +++ b/Documentation/livepatch/shadow-vars.txt @@ -34,9 +34,13 @@ meta-data and shadow-data: - data[] - storage for shadow data It is important to note that the klp_shadow_alloc() and -klp_shadow_get_or_alloc() calls, described below, store a *copy* of the -data that the functions are provided. Callers should provide whatever -mutual exclusion is required of the shadow data. +klp_shadow_get_or_alloc() are zeroing the variable by default. +They also allow to call a custom constructor function when a non-zero +value is needed. Callers should provide whatever mutual exclusion +is required. + +Note that the constructor is called under klp_shadow_lock spinlock. It allows +to do actions that can be done only once when a new variable is allocated. * klp_shadow_get() - retrieve a shadow variable data pointer - search hashtable for <obj, id> pair @@ -47,7 +51,7 @@ mutual exclusion is required of the shadow data. - WARN and return NULL - if <obj, id> doesn't already exist - allocate a new shadow variable - - copy data into the new shadow variable + - initialize the variable using a custom constructor and data when provided - add <obj, id> to the global hashtable * klp_shadow_get_or_alloc() - get existing or alloc a new shadow variable @@ -56,16 +60,20 @@ mutual exclusion is required of the shadow data. - return existing shadow variable - if <obj, id> doesn't already exist - allocate a new shadow variable - - copy data into the new shadow variable + - initialize the variable using a custom constructor and data when provided - add <obj, id> pair to the global hashtable * klp_shadow_free() - detach and free a <obj, id> shadow variable - find and remove a <obj, id> reference from global hashtable - - if found, free shadow variable + - if found + - call destructor function if defined + - free shadow variable * klp_shadow_free_all() - detach and free all <*, id> shadow variables - find and remove any <*, id> references from global hashtable - - if found, free shadow variable + - if found + - call destructor function if defined + - free shadow variable 2. Use cases @@ -107,7 +115,8 @@ struct sta_info *sta_info_alloc(struct ieee80211_sub_if_data *sdata, sta = kzalloc(sizeof(*sta) + hw->sta_data_size, gfp); /* Attach a corresponding shadow variable, then initialize it */ - ps_lock = klp_shadow_alloc(sta, PS_LOCK, NULL, sizeof(*ps_lock), gfp); + ps_lock = klp_shadow_alloc(sta, PS_LOCK, sizeof(*ps_lock), gfp, + NULL, NULL); if (!ps_lock) goto shadow_fail; spin_lock_init(ps_lock); @@ -131,7 +140,7 @@ variable: void sta_info_free(struct ieee80211_local *local, struct sta_info *sta) { - klp_shadow_free(sta, PS_LOCK); + klp_shadow_free(sta, PS_LOCK, NULL); kfree(sta); ... @@ -148,16 +157,24 @@ shadow variables to parents already in-flight. For commit 1d147bfa6429, a good spot to allocate a shadow spinlock is inside ieee80211_sta_ps_deliver_wakeup(): +int ps_lock_shadow_ctor(void *obj, void *shadow_data, void *ctor_data) +{ + spinlock_t *lock = shadow_data; + + spin_lock_init(lock); + return 0; +} + #define PS_LOCK 1 void ieee80211_sta_ps_deliver_wakeup(struct sta_info *sta) { - DEFINE_SPINLOCK(ps_lock_fallback); spinlock_t *ps_lock; /* sync with ieee80211_tx_h_unicast_ps_buf */ ps_lock = klp_shadow_get_or_alloc(sta, PS_LOCK, - &ps_lock_fallback, sizeof(ps_lock_fallback), - GFP_ATOMIC); + sizeof(*ps_lock), GFP_ATOMIC, + ps_lock_shadow_ctor, NULL); + if (ps_lock) spin_lock(ps_lock); ... |