On Tue, Nov 19, 2019 at 09:07:34AM -0800, Kees Cook wrote: > > diff --git a/arch/arm/kernel/ftrace.c b/arch/arm/kernel/ftrace.c > > index bda949fd84e8..7ea1338821d6 100644 > > --- a/arch/arm/kernel/ftrace.c > > +++ b/arch/arm/kernel/ftrace.c > > @@ -59,13 +59,15 @@ static unsigned long adjust_address(struct dyn_ftrace *rec, unsigned long addr) > > > > int ftrace_arch_code_modify_prepare(void) > > { > > - set_all_modules_text_rw(); > > - return 0; > > + return set_all_modules_text_rw(); > > } > > > > int ftrace_arch_code_modify_post_process(void) > > { > > - set_all_modules_text_ro(); > > + int ret; > > Blank line here... > > > + ret = set_all_modules_text_ro(); > > + if (ret) > > + return ret; > > /* Make sure any TLB misses during machine stop are cleared. */ > > flush_tlb_all(); > > return 0; > > Are callers of these ftrace functions checking return values too? Aside from the fact that I just deleted the set_all_modules_text_*() functions, ftrace actually does check the return value. It prvides a nice WARN and kills ftrace dead. > > diff --git a/arch/arm64/kernel/ftrace.c b/arch/arm64/kernel/ftrace.c > > index 171773257974..97a89c38f6b9 100644 > > --- a/arch/arm64/kernel/ftrace.c > > +++ b/arch/arm64/kernel/ftrace.c > > @@ -115,9 +115,11 @@ int ftrace_make_call(struct dyn_ftrace *rec, unsigned long addr) > > } > > > > /* point the trampoline to our ftrace entry point */ > > - module_disable_ro(mod); > > + if (module_disable_ro(mod)) > > + return -EINVAL; > > *dst = trampoline; > > - module_enable_ro(mod, true); > > + if (module_enable_ro(mod, true)) > > + return -EINVAL; > > > > /* > > * Ensure updated trampoline is visible to instruction Patching dead code again: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20191029165832.33606-5-mark.rutland@xxxxxxx