(2014/03/24 23:59), Steven Rostedt wrote:
> On Mon, 24 Mar 2014 20:26:05 +0900
> Masami Hiramatsu <masami.hiramatsu...@hitachi.com> wrote:
> 
> 
>> Thank you for reporting with this pretty backtrace :)
>> Steven, I think this is not the kprobe bug but ftrace (and perhaps, module).
> 
> Looks to be more of a module issue than a ftrace issue.
> 
>>
>> If the ftrace can set loading module text read only before the module 
>> subsystem
>> expected, I think it should be protected by the module subsystem itself
>> (e.g. set_all_modules_text_ro(rw) skips the modules which is 
>> MODULE_STATE_COMING)
>>
> 
> Does this patch fix it?

Yep, I tested using my reproducer and confirmed that this patch fixed
this issue, thanks!

Thanks,
Takao Indoh

> 
> In-review-off-by: Steven Rostedt <rost...@goodmis.org>
> 
> diff --git a/include/linux/module.h b/include/linux/module.h
> index 5a50539..a1acabf 100644
> --- a/include/linux/module.h
> +++ b/include/linux/module.h
> @@ -207,10 +207,11 @@ struct module_use {
>   };
>   
>   enum module_state {
> -     MODULE_STATE_LIVE,      /* Normal state. */
> -     MODULE_STATE_COMING,    /* Full formed, running module_init. */
> -     MODULE_STATE_GOING,     /* Going away. */
> -     MODULE_STATE_UNFORMED,  /* Still setting it up. */
> +     MODULE_STATE_LIVE,              /* Normal state. */
> +     MODULE_STATE_COMING,            /* Full formed, running module_init. */
> +     MODULE_STATE_COMING_FINAL,      /* Ready to be changed to read only. */
> +     MODULE_STATE_GOING,             /* Going away. */
> +     MODULE_STATE_UNFORMED,          /* Still setting it up. */
>   };
>   
>   /**
> diff --git a/kernel/module.c b/kernel/module.c
> index d24fcf2..0905bed 100644
> --- a/kernel/module.c
> +++ b/kernel/module.c
> @@ -1805,7 +1805,8 @@ void set_all_modules_text_ro(void)
>   
>       mutex_lock(&module_mutex);
>       list_for_each_entry_rcu(mod, &modules, list) {
> -             if (mod->state == MODULE_STATE_UNFORMED)
> +             if (mod->state == MODULE_STATE_UNFORMED ||
> +                 mod->state == MODULE_STATE_COMING)
>                       continue;
>               if ((mod->module_core) && (mod->core_text_size)) {
>                       set_page_attributes(mod->module_core,
> @@ -3020,6 +3021,13 @@ static int do_init_module(struct module *mod)
>       blocking_notifier_call_chain(&module_notify_list,
>                       MODULE_STATE_COMING, mod);
>   
> +     /*
> +      * This module must not be changed by set_all_modules_text_ro()
> +      * until we get here. Otherwise notifiers that change text
> +      * (like ftrace does) will break.
> +      */
> +     mod->state = MODULE_STATE_COMING_FINAL;
> +
>       /* Set RO and NX regions for core */
>       set_section_ro_nx(mod->module_core,
>                               mod->core_text_size,
> 
> 
> 


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