[PATCH v10 2/9] powerpc/code-patching: Use WARN_ON and fix check in poking_init
Benjamin Gray
bgray at linux.ibm.com
Wed Nov 9 15:51:05 AEDT 2022
BUG_ON() when failing to initialise the code patching window is
unnecessary, and use of BUG_ON is discouraged. We don't set
poking_init_done in this case, so failure to init the boot CPU will
result in a strict RWX error when a following patch_instruction uses
raw_patch_instruction. If it only fails for later CPUs, they won't be
onlined in the first place.
The return value of cpuhp_setup_state() is also >= 0 on success,
so check for < 0.
Signed-off-by: Benjamin Gray <bgray at linux.ibm.com>
---
v10: * Don't mention caller recovery
* Don't set poking_init_done on failure
* Add setup return code comment from later patch
* Reviewed-by not applied because of above changes
v9: * Reword commit message to explain why init failure is not fatal
---
arch/powerpc/lib/code-patching.c | 17 +++++++++--------
1 file changed, 9 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/lib/code-patching.c b/arch/powerpc/lib/code-patching.c
index ad0cf3108dd0..3055eef7dcdc 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/lib/code-patching.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/lib/code-patching.c
@@ -81,16 +81,17 @@ static int text_area_cpu_down(unsigned int cpu)
static __ro_after_init DEFINE_STATIC_KEY_FALSE(poking_init_done);
-/*
- * Although BUG_ON() is rude, in this case it should only happen if ENOMEM, and
- * we judge it as being preferable to a kernel that will crash later when
- * someone tries to use patch_instruction().
- */
void __init poking_init(void)
{
- BUG_ON(!cpuhp_setup_state(CPUHP_AP_ONLINE_DYN,
- "powerpc/text_poke:online", text_area_cpu_up,
- text_area_cpu_down));
+ int ret = cpuhp_setup_state(CPUHP_AP_ONLINE_DYN,
+ "powerpc/text_poke:online",
+ text_area_cpu_up,
+ text_area_cpu_down);
+
+ /* cpuhp_setup_state returns >= 0 on success */
+ if (WARN_ON(ret < 0))
+ return;
+
static_branch_enable(&poking_init_done);
}
--
2.38.1
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