[RFC PATCH v2 17/18] livepatch: change to a per-task consistency model

[Petr Mladek]

On Thu 2016-04-28 15:44:48, Josh Poimboeuf wrote:
> Change livepatch to use a basic per-task consistency model.  This is the
> foundation which will eventually enable us to patch those ~10% of
> security patches which change function or data semantics.  This is the
> biggest remaining piece needed to make livepatch more generally useful.

> diff --git a/kernel/livepatch/transition.c b/kernel/livepatch/transition.c
> new file mode 100644
> index 0000000..92819bb
> --- /dev/null
> +++ b/kernel/livepatch/transition.c
> +/*
> + * Try to safely switch a task to the target patch state.  If it's currently
> + * running, or it's sleeping on a to-be-patched or to-be-unpatched function, or
> + * if the stack is unreliable, return false.
> + */
> +static bool klp_try_switch_task(struct task_struct *task)
> +{
> +	struct rq *rq;
> +	unsigned long flags;

This should be of type "struct rq_flags". Otherwise, I get compilation
warnings:

kernel/livepatch/transition.c: In function ‘klp_try_switch_task’:
kernel/livepatch/transition.c:349:2: warning: passing argument 2 of ‘task_rq_lock’ from incompatible pointer type [enabled by default]
  rq = task_rq_lock(task, &flags);
  ^
In file included from kernel/livepatch/transition.c:24:0:
kernel/livepatch/../sched/sched.h:1468:12: note: expected ‘struct rq_flags *’ but argument is of type ‘long unsigned int *’
 struct rq *task_rq_lock(struct task_struct *p, struct rq_flags *rf)
            ^
kernel/livepatch/transition.c:367:2: warning: passing argument 3 of ‘task_rq_unlock’ from incompatible pointer type [enabled by default]
  task_rq_unlock(rq, task, &flags);
  ^
In file included from kernel/livepatch/transition.c:24:0:
kernel/livepatch/../sched/sched.h:1480:1: note: expected ‘struct rq_flags *’ but argument is of type ‘long unsigned int *’
 task_rq_unlock(struct rq *rq, struct task_struct *p, struct rq_flags *rf)


And even runtime warnings from lockdep:

[  212.847548] WARNING: CPU: 1 PID: 3847 at kernel/locking/lockdep.c:3532 lock_release+0x431/0x480
[  212.847549] releasing a pinned lock
[  212.847550] Modules linked in: livepatch_sample(E+)
[  212.847555] CPU: 1 PID: 3847 Comm: modprobe Tainted: G            E K 4.7.0-rc1-next-20160602-4-default+ #336
[  212.847556] Hardware name: QEMU Standard PC (i440FX + PIIX, 1996), BIOS Bochs 01/01/2011
[  212.847558]  0000000000000000 ffff880139823aa0 ffffffff814388dc ffff880139823af0
[  212.847562]  0000000000000000 ffff880139823ae0 ffffffff8106fad1 00000dcc82b11390
[  212.847565]  ffff88013fc978d8 ffffffff810eea1e ffff8800ba0ed6d0 0000000000000003
[  212.847569] Call Trace:
[  212.847572]  [<ffffffff814388dc>] dump_stack+0x85/0xc9
[  212.847575]  [<ffffffff8106fad1>] __warn+0xd1/0xf0
[  212.847578]  [<ffffffff810eea1e>] ? klp_try_switch_task.part.3+0x5e/0x2b0
[  212.847580]  [<ffffffff8106fb3f>] warn_slowpath_fmt+0x4f/0x60
[  212.847582]  [<ffffffff810cc151>] lock_release+0x431/0x480
[  212.847585]  [<ffffffff8101e258>] ? dump_trace+0x118/0x310
[  212.847588]  [<ffffffff8195d07c>] ? entry_SYSCALL_64_fastpath+0x1f/0xbd
[  212.847590]  [<ffffffff8195c8bf>] _raw_spin_unlock+0x1f/0x30
[  212.847600]  [<ffffffff810eea1e>] klp_try_switch_task.part.3+0x5e/0x2b0
[  212.847603]  [<ffffffff810ef0e4>] klp_try_complete_transition+0x84/0x190
[  212.847605]  [<ffffffff810ed370>] __klp_enable_patch+0xb0/0x130
[  212.847607]  [<ffffffff810ed445>] klp_enable_patch+0x55/0x80
[  212.847610]  [<ffffffffa0000030>] ? livepatch_cmdline_proc_show+0x30/0x30 [livepatch_sample]
[  212.847613]  [<ffffffffa0000061>] livepatch_init+0x31/0x70 [livepatch_sample]
[  212.847615]  [<ffffffffa0000030>] ? livepatch_cmdline_proc_show+0x30/0x30 [livepatch_sample]
[  212.847617]  [<ffffffff8100041d>] do_one_initcall+0x3d/0x160
[  212.847629]  [<ffffffff81196c9b>] ? do_init_module+0x27/0x1e4
[  212.847632]  [<ffffffff810e7172>] ? rcu_read_lock_sched_held+0x62/0x70
[  212.847634]  [<ffffffff811fdea2>] ? kmem_cache_alloc_trace+0x282/0x340
[  212.847636]  [<ffffffff81196cd4>] do_init_module+0x60/0x1e4
[  212.847638]  [<ffffffff81111fd2>] load_module+0x1482/0x1d40
[  212.847640]  [<ffffffff8110ea10>] ? __symbol_put+0x40/0x40
[  212.847643]  [<ffffffff81112aa9>] SYSC_finit_module+0xa9/0xd0
[  212.847645]  [<ffffffff81112aee>] SyS_finit_module+0xe/0x10
[  212.847647]  [<ffffffff8195d07c>] entry_SYSCALL_64_fastpath+0x1f/0xbd
[  212.847649] ---[ end trace e4e9f09d45443049 ]---


> +	int ret;
> +	bool success = false;
> +
> +	/* check if this task has already switched over */
> +	if (task->patch_state == klp_target_state)
> +		return true;
> +
> +	/*
> +	 * For arches which don't have reliable stack traces, we have to rely
> +	 * on other methods (e.g., switching tasks at the syscall barrier).
> +	 */
> +	if (!IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_RELIABLE_STACKTRACE))
> +		return false;
> +
> +	/*
> +	 * Now try to check the stack for any to-be-patched or to-be-unpatched
> +	 * functions.  If all goes well, switch the task to the target patch
> +	 * state.
> +	 */
> +	rq = task_rq_lock(task, &flags);
> +
> +	if (task_running(rq, task) && task != current) {
> +		pr_debug("%s: pid %d (%s) is running\n", __func__, task->pid,
> +			 task->comm);

Also I think about using printk_deferred() inside the rq_lock but
it is not strictly needed. Also we use only pr_debug() here which
is a NOP when not enabled.

Best Regards,
Petr