The patch titled kprobes: support probing module __init function has been added to the -mm tree. Its filename is kprobes-support-probing-module-__init-function.patch Before you just go and hit "reply", please: a) Consider who else should be cc'ed b) Prefer to cc a suitable mailing list as well c) Ideally: find the original patch on the mailing list and do a reply-to-all to that, adding suitable additional cc's *** Remember to use Documentation/SubmitChecklist when testing your code *** See http://userweb.kernel.org/~akpm/stuff/added-to-mm.txt to find out what to do about this The current -mm tree may be found at http://userweb.kernel.org/~akpm/mmotm/ ------------------------------------------------------ Subject: kprobes: support probing module __init function From: Masami Hiramatsu <mhiramat@xxxxxxxxxx> Allow kprobes to probe module __init routines. When __init functions are freed, kprobes which probe those functions are set to "Gone" flag. These "Gone" probes are disarmed from the code and never be enabled. Signed-off-by: Masami Hiramatsu <mhiramat@xxxxxxxxxx> Acked-by: Ananth N Mavinakayanahalli <ananth@xxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Anil S Keshavamurthy <anil.s.keshavamurthy@xxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- kernel/kprobes.c | 23 +++++++++++++++++++---- 1 file changed, 19 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-) diff -puN kernel/kprobes.c~kprobes-support-probing-module-__init-function kernel/kprobes.c --- a/kernel/kprobes.c~kprobes-support-probing-module-__init-function +++ a/kernel/kprobes.c @@ -674,6 +674,16 @@ int __kprobes register_kprobe(struct kpr preempt_enable(); return -EINVAL; } + /* + * If the module freed .init.text, we couldn't insert + * kprobes in there. + */ + if (within_module_init((unsigned long)p->addr, probed_mod) && + probed_mod->state != MODULE_STATE_COMING) { + module_put(probed_mod); + preempt_enable(); + return -EINVAL; + } } preempt_enable(); @@ -1070,19 +1080,24 @@ static int __kprobes kprobes_module_call struct hlist_node *node; struct kprobe *p; unsigned int i; + int checkcore = (val == MODULE_STATE_GOING); - if (val != MODULE_STATE_GOING) + if (val != MODULE_STATE_GOING && val != MODULE_STATE_LIVE) return NOTIFY_DONE; /* - * module .text section will be freed. We need to - * disable kprobes which have been inserted in the section. + * When MODULE_STATE_GOING was notified, both of module .text and + * .init.text sections would be freed. When MODULE_STATE_LIVE was + * notified, only .init.text section would be freed. We need to + * disable kprobes which have been inserted in the sections. */ mutex_lock(&kprobe_mutex); for (i = 0; i < KPROBE_TABLE_SIZE; i++) { head = &kprobe_table[i]; hlist_for_each_entry_rcu(p, node, head, hlist) - if (within_module_core((unsigned long)p->addr, mod)) { + if (within_module_init((unsigned long)p->addr, mod) || + (checkcore && + within_module_core((unsigned long)p->addr, mod))) { /* * The vaddr this probe is installed will soon * be vfreed buy not synced to disk. Hence, _ Patches currently in -mm which might be from mhiramat@xxxxxxxxxx are origin.patch kprobes-bugfix-try_module_get-even-if-calling_mod-is-null.patch kprobes-indirectly-call-kprobe_target.patch kprobes-add-tests-for-register_kprobes.patch module-add-within_module_core-and-within_module_init.patch kprobes-add-kprobe_insn_mutex-and-cleanup-arch_remove_kprobe.patch kprobes-add-__kprobes-to-kprobe-internal-functions.patch kprobes-support-probing-module-__exit-function.patch kprobes-support-probing-module-__exit-function-fix.patch kprobes-remove-called_from-argument.patch kprobes-remove-called_from-argument-fix.patch module-add-module_state_live-notify.patch kprobes-support-probing-module-__init-function.patch -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe mm-commits" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html