[PATCH] kprobes: fix unloading of self probed module
When a kprobes modules is written in such a way that probes are inserted on
itself, then unload of that moudle was not possible due to reference
couning on the same module.
The below patch makes a check and incrementes the module refcount only if
it is not a self probed module.
We need to allow modules to probe themself for kprobes performance
measurements
This patch has been tested on several x86_64, ppc64 and IA64 architectures.
Signed-off-by: Anil S Keshavamurthy <anil.s.keshavamurthy>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
diff --git a/kernel/kprobes.c b/kernel/kprobes.c
index 34a885b..3ea6325 100644
--- a/kernel/kprobes.c
+++ b/kernel/kprobes.c
@@ -449,19 +449,32 @@
return 0;
}
-int __kprobes register_kprobe(struct kprobe *p)
+static int __kprobes __register_kprobe(struct kprobe *p,
+ unsigned long called_from)
{
int ret = 0;
struct kprobe *old_p;
- struct module *mod;
+ struct module *probed_mod;
if ((!kernel_text_address((unsigned long) p->addr)) ||
in_kprobes_functions((unsigned long) p->addr))
return -EINVAL;
- if ((mod = module_text_address((unsigned long) p->addr)) &&
- (unlikely(!try_module_get(mod))))
- return -EINVAL;
+ p->mod_refcounted = 0;
+ /* Check are we probing a module */
+ if ((probed_mod = module_text_address((unsigned long) p->addr))) {
+ struct module *calling_mod = module_text_address(called_from);
+ /* We must allow modules to probe themself and
+ * in this case avoid incrementing the module refcount,
+ * so as to allow unloading of self probing modules.
+ */
+ if (calling_mod && (calling_mod != probed_mod)) {
+ if (unlikely(!try_module_get(probed_mod)))
+ return -EINVAL;
+ p->mod_refcounted = 1;
+ } else
+ probed_mod = NULL;
+ }
p->nmissed = 0;
down(&kprobe_mutex);
@@ -483,11 +496,17 @@
out:
up(&kprobe_mutex);
- if (ret && mod)
- module_put(mod);
+ if (ret && probed_mod)
+ module_put(probed_mod);
return ret;
}
+int __kprobes register_kprobe(struct kprobe *p)
+{
+ return __register_kprobe(p,
+ (unsigned long)__builtin_return_address(0));
+}
+
void __kprobes unregister_kprobe(struct kprobe *p)
{
struct module *mod;
@@ -524,7 +543,8 @@
up(&kprobe_mutex);
synchronize_sched();
- if ((mod = module_text_address((unsigned long)p->addr)))
+ if (p->mod_refcounted &&
+ (mod = module_text_address((unsigned long)p->addr)))
module_put(mod);
if (cleanup_p) {
@@ -547,7 +567,8 @@
jp->kp.pre_handler = setjmp_pre_handler;
jp->kp.break_handler = longjmp_break_handler;
- return register_kprobe(&jp->kp);
+ return __register_kprobe(&jp->kp,
+ (unsigned long)__builtin_return_address(0));
}
void __kprobes unregister_jprobe(struct jprobe *jp)
@@ -587,7 +608,8 @@
rp->nmissed = 0;
/* Establish function entry probe point */
- if ((ret = register_kprobe(&rp->kp)) != 0)
+ if ((ret = __register_kprobe(&rp->kp,
+ (unsigned long)__builtin_return_address(0))) != 0)
free_rp_inst(rp);
return ret;
}
