On Wed, Jul 15, 2020 at 12:36:02PM -0700, Kees Cook wrote: > On Wed, Jul 15, 2020 at 01:32:27AM +0300, Jarkko Sakkinen wrote: > > Introduce new API for allocating space for code generaed at run-time > > leveraging from module_alloc() and module_memfree() code. Use this to > > perform memory allocations in the kprobes code in order to loose the > > bound between kprobes and modules subsystem. > > > > Initially, use this API only with arch/x86 and define a new config > > flag CONFIG_ARCH_HAS_TEXT_ALLOC to promote the availability of the > > new API. > > [...] > > diff --git a/include/linux/text.h b/include/linux/text.h > > new file mode 100644 > > index 000000000000..a27d4a42ecda > > --- /dev/null > > +++ b/include/linux/text.h > > @@ -0,0 +1,17 @@ > > +/* SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only */ > > + > > +#ifndef _LINUX_TEXT_H > > +#define _LINUX_TEXT_H > > + > > +/* > > + * An allocator used for allocating modules, core sections and init > > sections. > > + * Returns NULL on failure. > > + */ > > +void *text_alloc(unsigned long size); > > + > > +/* > > + * Free memory returned from text_alloc(). > > + */ > > +void text_free(void *region); > > + > > +#endif /* _LINUX_TEXT_H */ > > diff --git a/kernel/kprobes.c b/kernel/kprobes.c > > index 2e97febeef77..fa7687eb0c0e 100644 > > --- a/kernel/kprobes.c > > +++ b/kernel/kprobes.c > > @@ -35,6 +35,7 @@ > > #include <linux/ftrace.h> > > #include <linux/cpu.h> > > #include <linux/jump_label.h> > > +#include <linux/text.h> > > > > #include <asm/sections.h> > > #include <asm/cacheflush.h> > > @@ -111,12 +112,20 @@ enum kprobe_slot_state { > > > > void __weak *alloc_insn_page(void) > > { > > +#ifdef CONFIG_ARCH_HAS_TEXT_ALLOC > > + return text_alloc(PAGE_SIZE); > > +#else > > return module_alloc(PAGE_SIZE); > > +#endif > > This seems like it shouldn't be needed. I think text_alloc() should > always be visible. In the ARCH_HAS... case it will call the arch > implementation, and without it should just call module_alloc(): > > For example: > void *text_alloc(unsigned long size) > { > #ifdef CONFIG_ARCH_HAS_TEXT_ALLOC > return arch_text_alloc(size); > #else > return module_alloc(size); > #endif > } > > -- > Kees Cook
I fully agree with your comments and I posted a follow-up series where I think these should be resolved. Please check it because before I got this review, It was already posted. Thank you. /Jarkko