Livepatches can no longer get enabled and disabled repeatedly.
The list klp_patches contains only enabled patches and eventually
the patch in transition.
The module coming and going callbacks do no longer need to check
for these state. They have to proceed with all listed patches.
Suggested-by: Josh Poimboeuf <jpoimboe@xxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Petr Mladek <pmladek@xxxxxxxx>
Acked-by: Miroslav Benes <mbenes@xxxxxxx>
Acked-by: Joe Lawrence <joe.lawrence@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
kernel/livepatch/core.c | 26 ++++++--------------------
1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 20 deletions(-)
diff --git a/kernel/livepatch/core.c b/kernel/livepatch/core.c
index b716a6289204..684766d306ad 100644
--- a/kernel/livepatch/core.c
+++ b/kernel/livepatch/core.c
@@ -1141,21 +1141,14 @@ static void klp_cleanup_module_patches_limited(struct module *mod,
if (!klp_is_module(obj) || strcmp(obj->name, mod->name))
continue;
- /*
- * Only unpatch the module if the patch is enabled or
- * is in transition.
- */
- if (patch->enabled || patch == klp_transition_patch) {
-
- if (patch != klp_transition_patch)
- klp_pre_unpatch_callback(obj);
+ if (patch != klp_transition_patch)
+ klp_pre_unpatch_callback(obj);
- pr_notice("reverting patch '%s' on unloading module '%s'\n",
- patch->mod->name, obj->mod->name);
- klp_unpatch_object(obj);
+ pr_notice("reverting patch '%s' on unloading module '%s'\n",
+ patch->mod->name, obj->mod->name);
+ klp_unpatch_object(obj);
- klp_post_unpatch_callback(obj);
- }
+ klp_post_unpatch_callback(obj);
klp_free_object_loaded(obj);
break;
@@ -1194,13 +1187,6 @@ int klp_module_coming(struct module *mod)
goto err;
}
- /*
- * Only patch the module if the patch is enabled or is
- * in transition.
- */
- if (!patch->enabled && patch != klp_transition_patch)
- break;
-
pr_notice("applying patch '%s' to loading module '%s'\n",
patch->mod->name, obj->mod->name);
--
2.13.7
