On Thu, Oct 14, 2021 at 07:50:00AM +0200, Christophe Leroy wrote: > Behind its location, lkdtm_EXEC_RODATA() executes > lkdtm_rodata_do_nothing() which is a real function, > not a copy of do_nothing(). > > So executes it directly instead of using execute_location(). > > This is necessary because following patch will fix execute_location() > to use a copy of the function descriptor of do_nothing() and > function descriptor of lkdtm_rodata_do_nothing() might be different. > > And fix displayed addresses by dereferencing the function descriptors. > > Signed-off-by: Christophe Leroy <christophe.leroy@xxxxxxxxxx> I still don't understand this -- it doesn't look needed at all given the changes in patch 12. (i.e. everything is using dereference_function_descriptor() now) Can't this patch be dropped? -Kees > --- > drivers/misc/lkdtm/perms.c | 9 ++++++++- > 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) > > diff --git a/drivers/misc/lkdtm/perms.c b/drivers/misc/lkdtm/perms.c > index 035fcca441f0..5266dc28df6e 100644 > --- a/drivers/misc/lkdtm/perms.c > +++ b/drivers/misc/lkdtm/perms.c > @@ -153,7 +153,14 @@ void lkdtm_EXEC_VMALLOC(void) > > void lkdtm_EXEC_RODATA(void) > { > - execute_location(lkdtm_rodata_do_nothing, CODE_AS_IS); > + pr_info("attempting ok execution at %px\n", > + dereference_function_descriptor(do_nothing)); > + do_nothing(); > + > + pr_info("attempting bad execution at %px\n", > + dereference_function_descriptor(lkdtm_rodata_do_nothing)); > + lkdtm_rodata_do_nothing(); > + pr_err("FAIL: func returned\n"); > } > > void lkdtm_EXEC_USERSPACE(void) > -- > 2.31.1 > -- Kees Cook