The patch titled
i386: Text Edit Lock
has been added to the -mm tree. Its filename is
i386-text-edit-lock.patch
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Subject: i386: Text Edit Lock
From: Mathieu Desnoyers <mathieu.desnoyers@xxxxxxxxxx>
Interface to use for code patching : uses a mutex to insure mutual edit
exclusion and makes sure the page is writable.
Signed-off-by: Mathieu Desnoyers <mathieu.desnoyers@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Andi Kleen <ak@xxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
arch/i386/mm/init.c | 69 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++------
include/asm-i386/cacheflush.h | 4 +
2 files changed, 61 insertions(+), 12 deletions(-)
diff -puN arch/i386/mm/init.c~i386-text-edit-lock arch/i386/mm/init.c
--- a/arch/i386/mm/init.c~i386-text-edit-lock
+++ a/arch/i386/mm/init.c
@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@
#include <linux/memory_hotplug.h>
#include <linux/initrd.h>
#include <linux/cpumask.h>
+#include <linux/mutex.h>
#include <asm/processor.h>
#include <asm/system.h>
@@ -53,6 +54,13 @@ unsigned long highstart_pfn, highend_pfn
static int noinline do_test_wp_bit(void);
+/* spin lock protecting text section modification (dynamic code patching) */
+static DEFINE_SPINLOCK(text_lock);
+
+#ifdef CONFIG_DEBUG_RODATA
+static int rodata_marked;
+#endif
+
/*
* Creates a middle page table and puts a pointer to it in the
* given global directory entry. This only returns the gd entry
@@ -802,18 +810,11 @@ void mark_rodata_ro(void)
unsigned long start = PFN_ALIGN(_text);
unsigned long size = PFN_ALIGN(_etext) - start;
-#ifndef CONFIG_KPROBES
-#ifdef CONFIG_HOTPLUG_CPU
- /* It must still be possible to apply SMP alternatives. */
- if (num_possible_cpus() <= 1)
-#endif
- {
- change_page_attr(virt_to_page(start),
- size >> PAGE_SHIFT, PAGE_KERNEL_RX);
- printk("Write protecting the kernel text: %luk\n", size >> 10);
- kernel_text_is_ro = 1;
- }
-#endif
+ change_page_attr(virt_to_page(start),
+ size >> PAGE_SHIFT, PAGE_KERNEL_RX);
+ printk("Write protecting the kernel text: %luk\n", size >> 10);
+ kernel_text_is_ro = 1;
+
start += size;
size = (unsigned long)__end_rodata - start;
change_page_attr(virt_to_page(start),
@@ -828,8 +829,52 @@ void mark_rodata_ro(void)
* of who is the culprit.
*/
global_flush_tlb();
+ rodata_marked = 1;
+}
+#endif
+
+/*
+ * Lock the kernel text for mutual write exclusion.
+ * Make sure the pages are writable.
+ */
+void kernel_text_lock(unsigned long address, size_t len)
+{
+ spin_lock(&text_lock);
+#if defined(CONFIG_DEBUG_RODATA)
+ if (rodata_marked && address >= PFN_ALIGN(_text)
+ && (address + len) <= PFN_ALIGN(_etext)) {
+ unsigned long nr_pages;
+ nr_pages = ((address + len) >> PAGE_SHIFT)
+ - (address >> PAGE_SHIFT) + 1;
+ change_page_attr(virt_to_page(address), nr_pages,
+ PAGE_KERNEL_EXEC);
+ mb();
+ global_flush_tlb();
+ mb();
+ }
+#endif
}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(kernel_text_lock);
+
+void kernel_text_unlock(unsigned long address, size_t len)
+{
+#if defined(CONFIG_DEBUG_RODATA)
+ if (rodata_marked && address >= PFN_ALIGN(_text)
+ && (address + len) <= PFN_ALIGN(_etext)) {
+ unsigned long nr_pages;
+ wmb();
+ nr_pages = ((address + len) >> PAGE_SHIFT)
+ - (address >> PAGE_SHIFT) + 1;
+ mb();
+ change_page_attr(virt_to_page(address), nr_pages,
+ PAGE_KERNEL_RX);
+ mb();
+ global_flush_tlb();
+ }
#endif
+ spin_unlock(&text_lock);
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(kernel_text_unlock);
void free_init_pages(char *what, unsigned long begin, unsigned long end)
{
diff -puN include/asm-i386/cacheflush.h~i386-text-edit-lock include/asm-i386/cacheflush.h
--- a/include/asm-i386/cacheflush.h~i386-text-edit-lock
+++ a/include/asm-i386/cacheflush.h
@@ -36,4 +36,8 @@ void kernel_map_pages(struct page *page,
void mark_rodata_ro(void);
#endif
+/* lock kernel text and mark pages writable */
+extern void kernel_text_lock(unsigned long address, size_t len);
+extern void kernel_text_unlock(unsigned long address, size_t len);
+
#endif /* _I386_CACHEFLUSH_H */
_
Patches currently in -mm which might be from mathieu.desnoyers@xxxxxxxxxx are
powerpc-promc-remove-undef-printk.patch
i386-text-edit-lock.patch
i386-text-edit-lock-alternative-instructions.patch
i386-text-edit-lock-kprobes.patch
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