module_put() is currently never called for a patch with forced flag, to block
the removal of that patch module that might still be in use after a forced
transition.
But klp_force_transition() will flag all patches on the list to be forced, since
commit d67a53720966 ("livepatch: Remove ordering (stacking) of the livepatches")
has removed stack ordering of the livepatches, it will cause all other patches can't
be unloaded after disabled even if they have completed the KLP_UNPATCHED transition.
In fact, we don't need to flag a patch to forced if it's a KLP_PATCHED forced
transition. It can still be unloaded only if it has passed through the consistency
model in KLP_UNPATCHED transition.
So this patch only set forced flag and block the removal of a KLP_UNPATCHED forced
transition livepatch.
Signed-off-by: Chengming Zhou <zhouchengming@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
kernel/livepatch/transition.c | 4 ++--
1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
diff --git a/kernel/livepatch/transition.c b/kernel/livepatch/transition.c
index 5683ac0d2566..8b296ad9e407 100644
--- a/kernel/livepatch/transition.c
+++ b/kernel/livepatch/transition.c
@@ -641,6 +641,6 @@ void klp_force_transition(void)
for_each_possible_cpu(cpu)
klp_update_patch_state(idle_task(cpu));
- klp_for_each_patch(patch)
- patch->forced = true;
+ if (klp_target_state == KLP_UNPATCHED)
+ klp_transition_patch->forced = true;
}
--
2.20.1
