It supposed to be safe to modify static branches after jump_label_init(). But, because static key modifying code eventually calls text_poke() we may end up with accessing struct page that have not been initialized. Here is how to quickly reproduce the problem. Insert code like this into init/main.c: | +static DEFINE_STATIC_KEY_FALSE(__test); | asmlinkage __visible void __init start_kernel(void) | { | char *command_line; |@@ -587,6 +609,10 @@ asmlinkage __visible void __init start_kernel(void) | vfs_caches_init_early(); | sort_main_extable(); | trap_init(); |+ { |+ static_branch_enable(&__test); |+ WARN_ON(!static_branch_likely(&__test)); |+ } | mm_init(); The following warnings show-up: WARNING: CPU: 0 PID: 0 at arch/x86/kernel/alternative.c:701 text_poke+0x20d/0x230 Modules linked in: CPU: 0 PID: 0 Comm: swapper Not tainted 4.18.0-rc1_pt_t1 #30 Hardware name: QEMU Standard PC (i440FX + PIIX, 1996), BIOS 1.11.0-20171110_100015-anatol 04/01/2014 RIP: 0010:text_poke+0x20d/0x230 Code: 0f 0b 4c 89 e2 4c 89 ee 4c 89 f7 e8 7d 4b 9b 00 31 d2 31 f6 bf 86 02 00 00 48 8b 05 95 8e 24 01 e8 78 18 d8 00 e9 55 ff ff ff <0f> 0b e9 54 fe ff ff 48 8b 05 75 a8 38 01 e9 64 fe ff ff 48 8b 1d RSP: 0000:ffffffff94e03e30 EFLAGS: 00010046 RAX: 0100000000000000 RBX: fffff7b2c011f300 RCX: ffffffff94fcccf4 RDX: 0000000000000001 RSI: ffffffff94e03e77 RDI: ffffffff94fcccef RBP: ffffffff94fcccef R08: 00000000fffffe00 R09: 00000000000000a0 R10: 0000000000000000 R11: 0000000000000040 R12: 0000000000000001 R13: ffffffff94e03e77 R14: ffffffff94fcdcef R15: fffff7b2c0000000 FS: 0000000000000000(0000) GS:ffff9adc87c00000(0000) knlGS:0000000000000000 CS: 0010 DS: 0000 ES: 0000 CR0: 0000000080050033 CR2: ffff9adc8499d000 CR3: 000000000460a001 CR4: 00000000000606b0 DR0: 0000000000000000 DR1: 0000000000000000 DR2: 0000000000000000 DR3: 0000000000000000 DR6: 00000000fffe0ff0 DR7: 0000000000000400 Call Trace: ? start_kernel+0x23e/0x4c8 ? start_kernel+0x23f/0x4c8 ? text_poke_bp+0x50/0xda ? arch_jump_label_transform+0x89/0xe0 ? __jump_label_update+0x78/0xb0 ? static_key_enable_cpuslocked+0x4d/0x80 ? static_key_enable+0x11/0x20 ? start_kernel+0x23e/0x4c8 ? secondary_startup_64+0xa5/0xb0 ---[ end trace abdc99c031b8a90a ]--- If the code above is moved after mm_init(), no warning is shown, as struct pages are initialized during handover from memblock. Use text_poke_early() in static branching until early boot IRQs are enabled, at which time switch to text_poke. Also, ensure text_poke() is never invoked when unitialized memory access may happen by using: BUG_ON(!after_bootmem); assertion. Signed-off-by: Pavel Tatashin <pasha.tatashin@xxxxxxxxxx> --- arch/x86/include/asm/text-patching.h | 1 + arch/x86/kernel/alternative.c | 7 +++++++ arch/x86/kernel/jump_label.c | 11 +++++++---- 3 files changed, 15 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-) diff --git a/arch/x86/include/asm/text-patching.h b/arch/x86/include/asm/text-patching.h index 2ecd34e2d46c..e85ff65c43c3 100644 --- a/arch/x86/include/asm/text-patching.h +++ b/arch/x86/include/asm/text-patching.h @@ -37,5 +37,6 @@ extern void *text_poke_early(void *addr, const void *opcode, size_t len); extern void *text_poke(void *addr, const void *opcode, size_t len); extern int poke_int3_handler(struct pt_regs *regs); extern void *text_poke_bp(void *addr, const void *opcode, size_t len, void *handler); +extern int after_bootmem; #endif /* _ASM_X86_TEXT_PATCHING_H */ diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/alternative.c b/arch/x86/kernel/alternative.c index a481763a3776..014f214da581 100644 --- a/arch/x86/kernel/alternative.c +++ b/arch/x86/kernel/alternative.c @@ -668,6 +668,7 @@ void *__init_or_module text_poke_early(void *addr, const void *opcode, local_irq_save(flags); memcpy(addr, opcode, len); local_irq_restore(flags); + sync_core(); /* Could also do a CLFLUSH here to speed up CPU recovery; but that causes hangs on some VIA CPUs. */ return addr; @@ -693,6 +694,12 @@ void *text_poke(void *addr, const void *opcode, size_t len) struct page *pages[2]; int i; + /* + * While boot memory allocator is runnig we cannot use struct + * pages as they are not yet initialized. + */ + BUG_ON(!after_bootmem); + if (!core_kernel_text((unsigned long)addr)) { pages[0] = vmalloc_to_page(addr); pages[1] = vmalloc_to_page(addr + PAGE_SIZE); diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/jump_label.c b/arch/x86/kernel/jump_label.c index e56c95be2808..eeea935e9bb5 100644 --- a/arch/x86/kernel/jump_label.c +++ b/arch/x86/kernel/jump_label.c @@ -37,15 +37,18 @@ static void bug_at(unsigned char *ip, int line) BUG(); } -static void __jump_label_transform(struct jump_entry *entry, - enum jump_label_type type, - void *(*poker)(void *, const void *, size_t), - int init) +static void __ref __jump_label_transform(struct jump_entry *entry, + enum jump_label_type type, + void *(*poker)(void *, const void *, size_t), + int init) { union jump_code_union code; const unsigned char default_nop[] = { STATIC_KEY_INIT_NOP }; const unsigned char *ideal_nop = ideal_nops[NOP_ATOMIC5]; + if (early_boot_irqs_disabled) + poker = text_poke_early; + if (type == JUMP_LABEL_JMP) { if (init) { /* -- 2.18.0 -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-s390" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html