Re: [PATCH v4 05/15] mm: introduce execmem_alloc() and execmem_free()

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On Thu, 11 Apr 2024 19:00:41 +0300
Mike Rapoport <rppt@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> From: "Mike Rapoport (IBM)" <rppt@xxxxxxxxxx>
> 
> module_alloc() is used everywhere as a mean to allocate memory for code.
> 
> Beside being semantically wrong, this unnecessarily ties all subsystems
> that need to allocate code, such as ftrace, kprobes and BPF to modules and
> puts the burden of code allocation to the modules code.
> 
> Several architectures override module_alloc() because of various
> constraints where the executable memory can be located and this causes
> additional obstacles for improvements of code allocation.
> 
> Start splitting code allocation from modules by introducing execmem_alloc()
> and execmem_free() APIs.
> 
> Initially, execmem_alloc() is a wrapper for module_alloc() and
> execmem_free() is a replacement of module_memfree() to allow updating all
> call sites to use the new APIs.
> 
> Since architectures define different restrictions on placement,
> permissions, alignment and other parameters for memory that can be used by
> different subsystems that allocate executable memory, execmem_alloc() takes
> a type argument, that will be used to identify the calling subsystem and to
> allow architectures define parameters for ranges suitable for that
> subsystem.
> 

This looks good to me for the kprobe part.

Acked-by: Masami Hiramatsu (Google) <mhiramat@xxxxxxxxxx>

Thank you,

> Signed-off-by: Mike Rapoport (IBM) <rppt@xxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
>  arch/powerpc/kernel/kprobes.c    |  6 ++--
>  arch/s390/kernel/ftrace.c        |  4 +--
>  arch/s390/kernel/kprobes.c       |  4 +--
>  arch/s390/kernel/module.c        |  5 +--
>  arch/sparc/net/bpf_jit_comp_32.c |  8 ++---
>  arch/x86/kernel/ftrace.c         |  6 ++--
>  arch/x86/kernel/kprobes/core.c   |  4 +--
>  include/linux/execmem.h          | 57 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
>  include/linux/moduleloader.h     |  3 --
>  kernel/bpf/core.c                |  6 ++--
>  kernel/kprobes.c                 |  8 ++---
>  kernel/module/Kconfig            |  1 +
>  kernel/module/main.c             | 25 +++++---------
>  mm/Kconfig                       |  3 ++
>  mm/Makefile                      |  1 +
>  mm/execmem.c                     | 26 +++++++++++++++
>  16 files changed, 122 insertions(+), 45 deletions(-)
>  create mode 100644 include/linux/execmem.h
>  create mode 100644 mm/execmem.c
> 
> diff --git a/arch/powerpc/kernel/kprobes.c b/arch/powerpc/kernel/kprobes.c
> index bbca90a5e2ec..9fcd01bb2ce6 100644
> --- a/arch/powerpc/kernel/kprobes.c
> +++ b/arch/powerpc/kernel/kprobes.c
> @@ -19,8 +19,8 @@
>  #include <linux/extable.h>
>  #include <linux/kdebug.h>
>  #include <linux/slab.h>
> -#include <linux/moduleloader.h>
>  #include <linux/set_memory.h>
> +#include <linux/execmem.h>
>  #include <asm/code-patching.h>
>  #include <asm/cacheflush.h>
>  #include <asm/sstep.h>
> @@ -130,7 +130,7 @@ void *alloc_insn_page(void)
>  {
>  	void *page;
>  
> -	page = module_alloc(PAGE_SIZE);
> +	page = execmem_alloc(EXECMEM_KPROBES, PAGE_SIZE);
>  	if (!page)
>  		return NULL;
>  
> @@ -142,7 +142,7 @@ void *alloc_insn_page(void)
>  	}
>  	return page;
>  error:
> -	module_memfree(page);
> +	execmem_free(page);
>  	return NULL;
>  }
>  
> diff --git a/arch/s390/kernel/ftrace.c b/arch/s390/kernel/ftrace.c
> index c46381ea04ec..798249ef5646 100644
> --- a/arch/s390/kernel/ftrace.c
> +++ b/arch/s390/kernel/ftrace.c
> @@ -7,13 +7,13 @@
>   *   Author(s): Martin Schwidefsky <schwidefsky@xxxxxxxxxx>
>   */
>  
> -#include <linux/moduleloader.h>
>  #include <linux/hardirq.h>
>  #include <linux/uaccess.h>
>  #include <linux/ftrace.h>
>  #include <linux/kernel.h>
>  #include <linux/types.h>
>  #include <linux/kprobes.h>
> +#include <linux/execmem.h>
>  #include <trace/syscall.h>
>  #include <asm/asm-offsets.h>
>  #include <asm/text-patching.h>
> @@ -220,7 +220,7 @@ static int __init ftrace_plt_init(void)
>  {
>  	const char *start, *end;
>  
> -	ftrace_plt = module_alloc(PAGE_SIZE);
> +	ftrace_plt = execmem_alloc(EXECMEM_FTRACE, PAGE_SIZE);
>  	if (!ftrace_plt)
>  		panic("cannot allocate ftrace plt\n");
>  
> diff --git a/arch/s390/kernel/kprobes.c b/arch/s390/kernel/kprobes.c
> index f0cf20d4b3c5..3c1b1be744de 100644
> --- a/arch/s390/kernel/kprobes.c
> +++ b/arch/s390/kernel/kprobes.c
> @@ -9,7 +9,6 @@
>  
>  #define pr_fmt(fmt) "kprobes: " fmt
>  
> -#include <linux/moduleloader.h>
>  #include <linux/kprobes.h>
>  #include <linux/ptrace.h>
>  #include <linux/preempt.h>
> @@ -21,6 +20,7 @@
>  #include <linux/slab.h>
>  #include <linux/hardirq.h>
>  #include <linux/ftrace.h>
> +#include <linux/execmem.h>
>  #include <asm/set_memory.h>
>  #include <asm/sections.h>
>  #include <asm/dis.h>
> @@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ void *alloc_insn_page(void)
>  {
>  	void *page;
>  
> -	page = module_alloc(PAGE_SIZE);
> +	page = execmem_alloc(EXECMEM_KPROBES, PAGE_SIZE);
>  	if (!page)
>  		return NULL;
>  	set_memory_rox((unsigned long)page, 1);
> diff --git a/arch/s390/kernel/module.c b/arch/s390/kernel/module.c
> index 42215f9404af..ac97a905e8cd 100644
> --- a/arch/s390/kernel/module.c
> +++ b/arch/s390/kernel/module.c
> @@ -21,6 +21,7 @@
>  #include <linux/moduleloader.h>
>  #include <linux/bug.h>
>  #include <linux/memory.h>
> +#include <linux/execmem.h>
>  #include <asm/alternative.h>
>  #include <asm/nospec-branch.h>
>  #include <asm/facility.h>
> @@ -76,7 +77,7 @@ void *module_alloc(unsigned long size)
>  #ifdef CONFIG_FUNCTION_TRACER
>  void module_arch_cleanup(struct module *mod)
>  {
> -	module_memfree(mod->arch.trampolines_start);
> +	execmem_free(mod->arch.trampolines_start);
>  }
>  #endif
>  
> @@ -510,7 +511,7 @@ static int module_alloc_ftrace_hotpatch_trampolines(struct module *me,
>  
>  	size = FTRACE_HOTPATCH_TRAMPOLINES_SIZE(s->sh_size);
>  	numpages = DIV_ROUND_UP(size, PAGE_SIZE);
> -	start = module_alloc(numpages * PAGE_SIZE);
> +	start = execmem_alloc(EXECMEM_FTRACE, numpages * PAGE_SIZE);
>  	if (!start)
>  		return -ENOMEM;
>  	set_memory_rox((unsigned long)start, numpages);
> diff --git a/arch/sparc/net/bpf_jit_comp_32.c b/arch/sparc/net/bpf_jit_comp_32.c
> index da2df1e84ed4..bda2dbd3f4c5 100644
> --- a/arch/sparc/net/bpf_jit_comp_32.c
> +++ b/arch/sparc/net/bpf_jit_comp_32.c
> @@ -1,10 +1,10 @@
>  // SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
> -#include <linux/moduleloader.h>
>  #include <linux/workqueue.h>
>  #include <linux/netdevice.h>
>  #include <linux/filter.h>
>  #include <linux/cache.h>
>  #include <linux/if_vlan.h>
> +#include <linux/execmem.h>
>  
>  #include <asm/cacheflush.h>
>  #include <asm/ptrace.h>
> @@ -713,7 +713,7 @@ cond_branch:			f_offset = addrs[i + filter[i].jf];
>  				if (unlikely(proglen + ilen > oldproglen)) {
>  					pr_err("bpb_jit_compile fatal error\n");
>  					kfree(addrs);
> -					module_memfree(image);
> +					execmem_free(image);
>  					return;
>  				}
>  				memcpy(image + proglen, temp, ilen);
> @@ -736,7 +736,7 @@ cond_branch:			f_offset = addrs[i + filter[i].jf];
>  			break;
>  		}
>  		if (proglen == oldproglen) {
> -			image = module_alloc(proglen);
> +			image = execmem_alloc(EXECMEM_BPF, proglen);
>  			if (!image)
>  				goto out;
>  		}
> @@ -758,7 +758,7 @@ cond_branch:			f_offset = addrs[i + filter[i].jf];
>  void bpf_jit_free(struct bpf_prog *fp)
>  {
>  	if (fp->jited)
> -		module_memfree(fp->bpf_func);
> +		execmem_free(fp->bpf_func);
>  
>  	bpf_prog_unlock_free(fp);
>  }
> diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/ftrace.c b/arch/x86/kernel/ftrace.c
> index 70139d9d2e01..c8ddb7abda7c 100644
> --- a/arch/x86/kernel/ftrace.c
> +++ b/arch/x86/kernel/ftrace.c
> @@ -25,6 +25,7 @@
>  #include <linux/memory.h>
>  #include <linux/vmalloc.h>
>  #include <linux/set_memory.h>
> +#include <linux/execmem.h>
>  
>  #include <trace/syscall.h>
>  
> @@ -261,15 +262,14 @@ void arch_ftrace_update_code(int command)
>  #ifdef CONFIG_X86_64
>  
>  #ifdef CONFIG_MODULES
> -#include <linux/moduleloader.h>
>  /* Module allocation simplifies allocating memory for code */
>  static inline void *alloc_tramp(unsigned long size)
>  {
> -	return module_alloc(size);
> +	return execmem_alloc(EXECMEM_FTRACE, size);
>  }
>  static inline void tramp_free(void *tramp)
>  {
> -	module_memfree(tramp);
> +	execmem_free(tramp);
>  }
>  #else
>  /* Trampolines can only be created if modules are supported */
> diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/kprobes/core.c b/arch/x86/kernel/kprobes/core.c
> index d0e49bd7c6f3..72e6a45e7ec2 100644
> --- a/arch/x86/kernel/kprobes/core.c
> +++ b/arch/x86/kernel/kprobes/core.c
> @@ -40,12 +40,12 @@
>  #include <linux/kgdb.h>
>  #include <linux/ftrace.h>
>  #include <linux/kasan.h>
> -#include <linux/moduleloader.h>
>  #include <linux/objtool.h>
>  #include <linux/vmalloc.h>
>  #include <linux/pgtable.h>
>  #include <linux/set_memory.h>
>  #include <linux/cfi.h>
> +#include <linux/execmem.h>
>  
>  #include <asm/text-patching.h>
>  #include <asm/cacheflush.h>
> @@ -495,7 +495,7 @@ void *alloc_insn_page(void)
>  {
>  	void *page;
>  
> -	page = module_alloc(PAGE_SIZE);
> +	page = execmem_alloc(EXECMEM_KPROBES, PAGE_SIZE);
>  	if (!page)
>  		return NULL;
>  
> diff --git a/include/linux/execmem.h b/include/linux/execmem.h
> new file mode 100644
> index 000000000000..43e7995593a1
> --- /dev/null
> +++ b/include/linux/execmem.h
> @@ -0,0 +1,57 @@
> +/* SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0 */
> +#ifndef _LINUX_EXECMEM_ALLOC_H
> +#define _LINUX_EXECMEM_ALLOC_H
> +
> +#include <linux/types.h>
> +#include <linux/moduleloader.h>
> +
> +/**
> + * enum execmem_type - types of executable memory ranges
> + *
> + * There are several subsystems that allocate executable memory.
> + * Architectures define different restrictions on placement,
> + * permissions, alignment and other parameters for memory that can be used
> + * by these subsystems.
> + * Types in this enum identify subsystems that allocate executable memory
> + * and let architectures define parameters for ranges suitable for
> + * allocations by each subsystem.
> + *
> + * @EXECMEM_DEFAULT: default parameters that would be used for types that
> + * are not explcitly defined.
> + * @EXECMEM_MODULE_TEXT: parameters for module text sections
> + * @EXECMEM_KPROBES: parameters for kprobes
> + * @EXECMEM_FTRACE: parameters for ftrace
> + * @EXECMEM_BPF: parameters for BPF
> + * @EXECMEM_TYPE_MAX:
> + */
> +enum execmem_type {
> +	EXECMEM_DEFAULT,
> +	EXECMEM_MODULE_TEXT = EXECMEM_DEFAULT,
> +	EXECMEM_KPROBES,
> +	EXECMEM_FTRACE,
> +	EXECMEM_BPF,
> +	EXECMEM_TYPE_MAX,
> +};
> +
> +/**
> + * execmem_alloc - allocate executable memory
> + * @type: type of the allocation
> + * @size: how many bytes of memory are required
> + *
> + * Allocates memory that will contain executable code, either generated or
> + * loaded from kernel modules.
> + *
> + * The memory will have protections defined by architecture for executable
> + * region of the @type.
> + *
> + * Return: a pointer to the allocated memory or %NULL
> + */
> +void *execmem_alloc(enum execmem_type type, size_t size);
> +
> +/**
> + * execmem_free - free executable memory
> + * @ptr: pointer to the memory that should be freed
> + */
> +void execmem_free(void *ptr);
> +
> +#endif /* _LINUX_EXECMEM_ALLOC_H */
> diff --git a/include/linux/moduleloader.h b/include/linux/moduleloader.h
> index 89b1e0ed9811..a3b8caee9405 100644
> --- a/include/linux/moduleloader.h
> +++ b/include/linux/moduleloader.h
> @@ -29,9 +29,6 @@ unsigned int arch_mod_section_prepend(struct module *mod, unsigned int section);
>     sections.  Returns NULL on failure. */
>  void *module_alloc(unsigned long size);
>  
> -/* Free memory returned from module_alloc. */
> -void module_memfree(void *module_region);
> -
>  /* Determines if the section name is an init section (that is only used during
>   * module loading).
>   */
> diff --git a/kernel/bpf/core.c b/kernel/bpf/core.c
> index 696bc55de8e8..75a54024e2f4 100644
> --- a/kernel/bpf/core.c
> +++ b/kernel/bpf/core.c
> @@ -22,7 +22,6 @@
>  #include <linux/skbuff.h>
>  #include <linux/vmalloc.h>
>  #include <linux/random.h>
> -#include <linux/moduleloader.h>
>  #include <linux/bpf.h>
>  #include <linux/btf.h>
>  #include <linux/objtool.h>
> @@ -37,6 +36,7 @@
>  #include <linux/nospec.h>
>  #include <linux/bpf_mem_alloc.h>
>  #include <linux/memcontrol.h>
> +#include <linux/execmem.h>
>  
>  #include <asm/barrier.h>
>  #include <asm/unaligned.h>
> @@ -1050,12 +1050,12 @@ void bpf_jit_uncharge_modmem(u32 size)
>  
>  void *__weak bpf_jit_alloc_exec(unsigned long size)
>  {
> -	return module_alloc(size);
> +	return execmem_alloc(EXECMEM_BPF, size);
>  }
>  
>  void __weak bpf_jit_free_exec(void *addr)
>  {
> -	module_memfree(addr);
> +	execmem_free(addr);
>  }
>  
>  struct bpf_binary_header *
> diff --git a/kernel/kprobes.c b/kernel/kprobes.c
> index 9d9095e81792..047ca629ce49 100644
> --- a/kernel/kprobes.c
> +++ b/kernel/kprobes.c
> @@ -26,7 +26,6 @@
>  #include <linux/slab.h>
>  #include <linux/stddef.h>
>  #include <linux/export.h>
> -#include <linux/moduleloader.h>
>  #include <linux/kallsyms.h>
>  #include <linux/freezer.h>
>  #include <linux/seq_file.h>
> @@ -39,6 +38,7 @@
>  #include <linux/jump_label.h>
>  #include <linux/static_call.h>
>  #include <linux/perf_event.h>
> +#include <linux/execmem.h>
>  
>  #include <asm/sections.h>
>  #include <asm/cacheflush.h>
> @@ -113,17 +113,17 @@ enum kprobe_slot_state {
>  void __weak *alloc_insn_page(void)
>  {
>  	/*
> -	 * Use module_alloc() so this page is within +/- 2GB of where the
> +	 * Use execmem_alloc() so this page is within +/- 2GB of where the
>  	 * kernel image and loaded module images reside. This is required
>  	 * for most of the architectures.
>  	 * (e.g. x86-64 needs this to handle the %rip-relative fixups.)
>  	 */
> -	return module_alloc(PAGE_SIZE);
> +	return execmem_alloc(EXECMEM_KPROBES, PAGE_SIZE);
>  }
>  
>  static void free_insn_page(void *page)
>  {
> -	module_memfree(page);
> +	execmem_free(page);
>  }
>  
>  struct kprobe_insn_cache kprobe_insn_slots = {
> diff --git a/kernel/module/Kconfig b/kernel/module/Kconfig
> index f3e0329337f6..744383c1eed1 100644
> --- a/kernel/module/Kconfig
> +++ b/kernel/module/Kconfig
> @@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
>  menuconfig MODULES
>  	bool "Enable loadable module support"
>  	modules
> +	select EXECMEM
>  	help
>  	  Kernel modules are small pieces of compiled code which can
>  	  be inserted in the running kernel, rather than being
> diff --git a/kernel/module/main.c b/kernel/module/main.c
> index 5b82b069e0d3..d56b7df0cbb6 100644
> --- a/kernel/module/main.c
> +++ b/kernel/module/main.c
> @@ -57,6 +57,7 @@
>  #include <linux/audit.h>
>  #include <linux/cfi.h>
>  #include <linux/debugfs.h>
> +#include <linux/execmem.h>
>  #include <uapi/linux/module.h>
>  #include "internal.h"
>  
> @@ -1179,16 +1180,6 @@ resolve_symbol_wait(struct module *mod,
>  	return ksym;
>  }
>  
> -void __weak module_memfree(void *module_region)
> -{
> -	/*
> -	 * This memory may be RO, and freeing RO memory in an interrupt is not
> -	 * supported by vmalloc.
> -	 */
> -	WARN_ON(in_interrupt());
> -	vfree(module_region);
> -}
> -
>  void __weak module_arch_cleanup(struct module *mod)
>  {
>  }
> @@ -1213,7 +1204,7 @@ static int module_memory_alloc(struct module *mod, enum mod_mem_type type)
>  	if (mod_mem_use_vmalloc(type))
>  		ptr = vmalloc(size);
>  	else
> -		ptr = module_alloc(size);
> +		ptr = execmem_alloc(EXECMEM_MODULE_TEXT, size);
>  
>  	if (!ptr)
>  		return -ENOMEM;
> @@ -1244,7 +1235,7 @@ static void module_memory_free(struct module *mod, enum mod_mem_type type)
>  	if (mod_mem_use_vmalloc(type))
>  		vfree(ptr);
>  	else
> -		module_memfree(ptr);
> +		execmem_free(ptr);
>  }
>  
>  static void free_mod_mem(struct module *mod)
> @@ -2496,9 +2487,9 @@ static void do_free_init(struct work_struct *w)
>  
>  	llist_for_each_safe(pos, n, list) {
>  		initfree = container_of(pos, struct mod_initfree, node);
> -		module_memfree(initfree->init_text);
> -		module_memfree(initfree->init_data);
> -		module_memfree(initfree->init_rodata);
> +		execmem_free(initfree->init_text);
> +		execmem_free(initfree->init_data);
> +		execmem_free(initfree->init_rodata);
>  		kfree(initfree);
>  	}
>  }
> @@ -2608,10 +2599,10 @@ static noinline int do_init_module(struct module *mod)
>  	 * We want to free module_init, but be aware that kallsyms may be
>  	 * walking this with preempt disabled.  In all the failure paths, we
>  	 * call synchronize_rcu(), but we don't want to slow down the success
> -	 * path. module_memfree() cannot be called in an interrupt, so do the
> +	 * path. execmem_free() cannot be called in an interrupt, so do the
>  	 * work and call synchronize_rcu() in a work queue.
>  	 *
> -	 * Note that module_alloc() on most architectures creates W+X page
> +	 * Note that execmem_alloc() on most architectures creates W+X page
>  	 * mappings which won't be cleaned up until do_free_init() runs.  Any
>  	 * code such as mark_rodata_ro() which depends on those mappings to
>  	 * be cleaned up needs to sync with the queued work by invoking
> diff --git a/mm/Kconfig b/mm/Kconfig
> index b1448aa81e15..f08a216d4793 100644
> --- a/mm/Kconfig
> +++ b/mm/Kconfig
> @@ -1241,6 +1241,9 @@ config LOCK_MM_AND_FIND_VMA
>  config IOMMU_MM_DATA
>  	bool
>  
> +config EXECMEM
> +	bool
> +
>  source "mm/damon/Kconfig"
>  
>  endmenu
> diff --git a/mm/Makefile b/mm/Makefile
> index 4abb40b911ec..001336c91864 100644
> --- a/mm/Makefile
> +++ b/mm/Makefile
> @@ -133,3 +133,4 @@ obj-$(CONFIG_IO_MAPPING) += io-mapping.o
>  obj-$(CONFIG_HAVE_BOOTMEM_INFO_NODE) += bootmem_info.o
>  obj-$(CONFIG_GENERIC_IOREMAP) += ioremap.o
>  obj-$(CONFIG_SHRINKER_DEBUG) += shrinker_debug.o
> +obj-$(CONFIG_EXECMEM) += execmem.o
> diff --git a/mm/execmem.c b/mm/execmem.c
> new file mode 100644
> index 000000000000..ed2ea41a2543
> --- /dev/null
> +++ b/mm/execmem.c
> @@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
> +// SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
> +
> +#include <linux/mm.h>
> +#include <linux/vmalloc.h>
> +#include <linux/execmem.h>
> +#include <linux/moduleloader.h>
> +
> +static void *__execmem_alloc(size_t size)
> +{
> +	return module_alloc(size);
> +}
> +
> +void *execmem_alloc(enum execmem_type type, size_t size)
> +{
> +	return __execmem_alloc(size);
> +}
> +
> +void execmem_free(void *ptr)
> +{
> +	/*
> +	 * This memory may be RO, and freeing RO memory in an interrupt is not
> +	 * supported by vmalloc.
> +	 */
> +	WARN_ON(in_interrupt());
> +	vfree(ptr);
> +}
> -- 
> 2.43.0
> 
> 


-- 
Masami Hiramatsu (Google) <mhiramat@xxxxxxxxxx>




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