12 Apr, 2009
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Several drivers use asynchronous work to do device discovery, and we
synchronize with them in the compiled-in case before we actually try to
mount root filesystems etc.However, when compiled as modules, that synchronization is missing - the
module loading completes, but the driver hasn't actually finished
probing for devices, and that means that any user mode that expects to
use the devices after the 'insmod' is now potentially broken.We already saw one case of a similar issue in the ACPI battery code,
where the kernel itself expected the module to be all done, and unmapped
the init memory - but the async device discovery was still running.
That got hacked around by just removing the "__init" (see commit
5d38258ec026921a7b266f4047ebeaa75db358e5 "ACPI battery: fix async boot
oops"), but the real fix is to just make the module loading wait for all
async work to be completed.It will slow down module loading, but since common devices should be
built in anyway, and since the bug is really annoying and hard to handle
from user space (and caused several S3 resume regressions), the simple
fix to wait is the right one.This fixes at least
http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=13063
but probably a few other bugzilla entries too (12936, for example), and
is confirmed to fix Rafael's storage driver breakage after resume bug
report (no bugzilla entry).We should also be able to now revert that ACPI battery fix.
Reported-and-tested-by: Rafael J. Wysocki
Tested-by: Heinz Diehl
Acked-by: Arjan van de Ven
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds
07 Apr, 2009
1 commit
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This reverts commit 9cb610d8e35fe3ec95a2fe2030b02f85aeea83c1.
This was an impressively stupid patch. Firstly, we reset the SHF_ALLOC
flag lower down in the same function, so the patch was useless. Even
better, find_sec() ignores sections with SHF_ALLOC not set, so
it breaks CONFIG_MODVERSIONS=y with CONFIG_MODULE_FORCE_LOAD=n, which
refuses to load the module since it can't find the __versions section.Signed-off-by: Rusty Russell
06 Apr, 2009
1 commit
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* 'tracing-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/linux-2.6-tip: (413 commits)
tracing, net: fix net tree and tracing tree merge interaction
tracing, powerpc: fix powerpc tree and tracing tree interaction
ring-buffer: do not remove reader page from list on ring buffer free
function-graph: allow unregistering twice
trace: make argument 'mem' of trace_seq_putmem() const
tracing: add missing 'extern' keywords to trace_output.h
tracing: provide trace_seq_reserve()
blktrace: print out BLK_TN_MESSAGE properly
blktrace: extract duplidate code
blktrace: fix memory leak when freeing struct blk_io_trace
blktrace: fix blk_probes_ref chaos
blktrace: make classic output more classic
blktrace: fix off-by-one bug
blktrace: fix the original blktrace
blktrace: fix a race when creating blk_tree_root in debugfs
blktrace: fix timestamp in binary output
tracing, Text Edit Lock: cleanup
tracing: filter fix for TRACE_EVENT_FORMAT events
ftrace: Using FTRACE_WARN_ON() to check "freed record" in ftrace_release()
x86: kretprobe-booster interrupt emulation code fix
...Fix up trivial conflicts in
arch/parisc/include/asm/ftrace.h
include/linux/memory.h
kernel/extable.c
kernel/module.c
02 Apr, 2009
1 commit
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Conflicts:
include/linux/slub_def.h
lib/Kconfig.debug
mm/slob.c
mm/slub.c
31 Mar, 2009
12 commits
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Impact: minor cleanup.
I'm not going to neaten anyone else's code, but I'm happy to clean up
my own.Signed-off-by: Rusty Russell
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Kay Sievers discovered that boot times are slowed
by about half a second because all the stop_machine_create() calls,
and he only probes about 40 modules (I have 125 loaded on this laptop).We only do stop_machine_create() so we can unlink the module if
something goes wrong, but it's overkill (and buggy anyway: if
stop_machine_create() fails we still call stop_machine_destroy()).Since we are only protecting against kallsyms (esp. oops) walking the
list, synchronize_sched() is sufficient (synchronize_rcu() is probably
sufficient, but we're not in a hurry).Kay says of this patch:
... no module takes more than 40 millisecs to link now, most of
them are between 3 and 8 millisecs.That looks very different to the numbers without this patch
and the otherwise same setup, where we get heavy noise in the
traces and many delays of up to 200 millisecs until linking,
most of them taking 30+ millisecs.Tested-by: Kay Sievers
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With CONFIG_MODVERSIONS, we version 'struct module' using a dummy
export, but other things matter too:1) 'struct modversion_info' determines the layout of the __versions section,
2) 'struct kernel_param' determines the layout of the __params section,
3) 'struct kernel_symbol' determines __ksymtab*.
4) 'struct marker' determines __markers.
5) 'struct tracepoint' determines __tracepoints.So we rename 'struct_module' to 'module_layout' and include these in
the signature. Now it's general we can add others later on without
confusion.Signed-off-by: Rusty Russell
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Impact: reduce kernel memory usage
This patch just takes off the SHF_ALLOC flag on __versions so we don't
keep them around after module load.This saves about 7% of module memory if CONFIG_MODVERSIONS=y.
Cc: Shawn Bohrer
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Impact: Message cleanup
Two of three callers of try_to_force_load() are not because of a
missing version, so change the messages:Old:
: no version for "magic" found: kernel tainted.
New:
: bad vermagic: kernel tainted.Old:
: no version for "nocrc" found: kernel tainted.
New:
: no versions for exported symbols: kernel tainted.Old:
: no version for "" found: kernel tainted.
New:
: : kernel tainted.Signed-off-by: Rusty Russell
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Impact: Expose some module.c symbols
Ksplice uses several functions from module.c in order to resolve
symbols and implement dependency handling. Calling these functions
requires holding module_mutex, so it is exported.(This is just the module part of a bigger add-exports patch from Tim).
Cc: Anders Kaseorg
Cc: Jeff Arnold
Signed-off-by: Tim Abbott
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Impact: New API
kallsyms_lookup_name only returns the first match that it finds. Ksplice
needs information about all symbols with a given name in order to correctly
resolve local symbols.kallsyms_on_each_symbol provides a generic mechanism for iterating over the
kallsyms table.Cc: Jeff Arnold
Cc: Tim Abbott
Signed-off-by: Anders Kaseorg
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Impact: Replace and remove risky (non-EXPORTed) API
module_text_address() returns a pointer to the module, which given locking
improvements in module.c, is useless except to test for NULL:1) If the module can't go away, use __module_text_address.
2) Otherwise, just use is_module_text_address().Cc: linux-mtd@lists.infradead.org
Signed-off-by: Rusty Russell -
Impact: New API, cleanup
ksplice wants to know the bounds of a module, not just the module text.
It makes sense to have __module_address. We then implement
is_module_address and __module_text_address in terms of this (and
change is_module_text_address() to bool while we're at it).Also, add proper kerneldoc for them all.
Cc: Anders Kaseorg
Cc: Jeff Arnold
Cc: Tim Abbott
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Impact: Cleanup, internal API change
Ksplice needs access to the kernel_symbol structure in order to support
modifications to the exported symbol table.Cc: Anders Kaseorg
Cc: Jeff Arnold
Signed-off-by: Tim Abbott
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Impact: cleanup
Label 'free_init' is only used when defined(CONFIG_MODULE_UNLOAD) &&
defined(CONFIG_SMP), so move it inside to shut up gcc.Signed-off-by: WANG Cong
Cc: Rusty Russell
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Impact: fix crash on reading from /sys/module/.../ieee80211_default_rc_algo
The module_param type "charp" simply sets a char * pointer in the
module to the parameter in the commandline string: this is why we keep
the (mangled) module command line around. But when set via sysfs (as
about 11 charp parameters can be) this memory is freed on the way
out of the write(). Future reads hit random mem.So we kstrdup instead: we have to check we're not in early commandline
parsing, and we have to note when we've used it so we can reliably
kfree the parameter when it's next overwritten, and also on module
unload.(Thanks to Randy Dunlap for CONFIG_SYSFS=n fixes)
Reported-by: Sitsofe Wheeler
Diagnosed-by: Frederic Weisbecker
Tested-by: Frederic Weisbecker
Tested-by: Christof Schmitt
Signed-off-by: Rusty Russell
28 Mar, 2009
1 commit
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Conflicts:
arch/parisc/kernel/irq.c
arch/x86/include/asm/fixmap_64.h
arch/x86/include/asm/setup.h
kernel/irq/handle.cSemantic merge:
arch/x86/include/asm/fixmap.hSigned-off-by: Ingo Molnar
25 Mar, 2009
1 commit
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This patch combines Greg Bank's dprintk() work with the existing dynamic
printk patchset, we are now calling it 'dynamic debug'.The new feature of this patchset is a richer /debugfs control file interface,
(an example output from my system is at the bottom), which allows fined grained
control over the the debug output. The output can be controlled by function,
file, module, format string, and line number.for example, enabled all debug messages in module 'nf_conntrack':
echo -n 'module nf_conntrack +p' > /mnt/debugfs/dynamic_debug/control
to disable them:
echo -n 'module nf_conntrack -p' > /mnt/debugfs/dynamic_debug/control
A further explanation can be found in the documentation patch.
Signed-off-by: Greg Banks
Signed-off-by: Jason Baron
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman
20 Mar, 2009
1 commit
18 Mar, 2009
1 commit
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Impact: fix ref-after-free crash on failed module load
Fix refptr bug: Change refptr allocation and release order not to access a module
data structure pointed by 'mod' after freeing mod->module_core.
This bug will cause kernel panic(e.g. failed to find undefined symbols).This bug was reported on systemtap bugzilla.
http://sources.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=9927Signed-off-by: Masami Hiramatsu
Cc: Eric Dumazet
Signed-off-by: Rusty Russell
10 Mar, 2009
1 commit
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Semantic merge:
kernel/trace/trace_functions_graph.c
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar
06 Mar, 2009
2 commits
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Conflicts:
arch/x86/Kconfig
block/blktrace.c
kernel/irq/handle.cSemantic conflict:
kernel/trace/blktrace.cSigned-off-by: Ingo Molnar
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Impact: add reserved allocation functionality and use it for module
percpu variablesThis patch implements reserved allocation from the first chunk. When
setting up the first chunk, arch can ask to set aside certain number
of bytes right after the core static area which is available only
through a separate reserved allocator. This will be used primarily
for module static percpu variables on architectures with limited
relocation range to ensure that the module perpcu symbols are inside
the relocatable range.If reserved area is requested, the first chunk becomes reserved and
isn't available for regular allocation. If the first chunk also
includes piggy-back dynamic allocation area, a separate chunk mapping
the same region is created to serve dynamic allocation. The first one
is called static first chunk and the second dynamic first chunk.
Although they share the page map, their different area map
initializations guarantee they serve disjoint areas according to their
purposes.If arch doesn't setup reserved area, reserved allocation is handled
like any other allocation.Signed-off-by: Tejun Heo
20 Feb, 2009
2 commits
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Impact: new scalable dynamic percpu allocator which allows dynamic
percpu areas to be accessed the same way as static onesImplement scalable dynamic percpu allocator which can be used for both
static and dynamic percpu areas. This will allow static and dynamic
areas to share faster direct access methods. This feature is optional
and enabled only when CONFIG_HAVE_DYNAMIC_PER_CPU_AREA is defined by
arch. Please read comment on top of mm/percpu.c for details.Signed-off-by: Tejun Heo
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Impact: cleanup
Move percpu_modinit() upwards. This is to ease further changes.
Signed-off-by: Tejun Heo
09 Feb, 2009
1 commit
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When the function graph tracer picks a return address, it ensures this address
is really a kernel text one by calling __kernel_text_address()Actually this path has never been taken.Its role was more likely to debug the tracer
on the beginning of its development but this function is wasteful since it is called
for every traced function.The fault check is already sufficient.
Signed-off-by: Frederic Weisbecker
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar
03 Feb, 2009
1 commit
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Current refcounting for modules (done if CONFIG_MODULE_UNLOAD=y) is
using a lot of memory.Each 'struct module' contains an [NR_CPUS] array of full cache lines.
This patch uses existing infrastructure (percpu_modalloc() &
percpu_modfree()) to allocate percpu space for the refcount storage.Instead of wasting NR_CPUS*128 bytes (on i386), we now use
nr_cpu_ids*sizeof(local_t) bytes.On a typical distro, where NR_CPUS=8, shiping 2000 modules, we reduce
size of module files by about 2 Mbytes. (1Kb per module)Instead of having all refcounters in the same memory node - with TLB misses
because of vmalloc() - this new implementation permits to have better
NUMA properties, since each CPU will use storage on its preferred node,
thanks to percpu storage.Signed-off-by: Eric Dumazet
Signed-off-by: Rusty Russell
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds
14 Jan, 2009
1 commit
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Signed-off-by: Heiko Carstens
08 Jan, 2009
1 commit
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Right now, most of the kernel boot is strictly synchronous, such that
various hardware delays are done sequentially.In order to make the kernel boot faster, this patch introduces
infrastructure to allow doing some of the initialization steps
asynchronously, which will hide significant portions of the hardware delays
in practice.In order to not change device order and other similar observables, this
patch does NOT do full parallel initialization.Rather, it operates more in the way an out of order CPU does; the work may
be done out of order and asynchronous, but the observable effects
(instruction retiring for the CPU) are still done in the original sequence.Signed-off-by: Arjan van de Ven
07 Jan, 2009
3 commits
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Add a module notifier call which notifies that the state of a module
changes from MODULE_STATE_COMING to MODULE_STATE_LIVE.Signed-off-by: Masami Hiramatsu
Cc: Ananth N Mavinakayanahalli
Cc: Anil S Keshavamurthy
Acked-by: Rusty Russell
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton
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This series of patches allows kprobes to probe module's __init and __exit
functions. This means, you can probe driver initialization and
terminating.Currently, kprobes can't probe __init function because these functions are
freed after module initialization. And it also can't probe module __exit
functions because kprobe increments reference count of target module and
user can't unload it. this means __exit functions never be called unless
removing probes from the module.To solve both cases, this series of patches introduces GONE flag and sets
it when the target code is freed(for this purpose, kprobes hooks
MODULE_STATE_* events). This also removes refcount incrementing for
allowing user to unload target module. Users can check which probes are
GONE by debugfs interface. For taking timing of freeing module's .init
text, these also include a patch which adds module's notifier of
MODULE_STATE_LIVE event.This patch:
Add within_module_core() and within_module_init() for checking whether an
address is in the module .init.text section or .text section, and replace
within() local inline functions in kernel/module.c with them.kprobes uses these functions to check where the kprobe is inserted.
Signed-off-by: Masami Hiramatsu
Cc: Ananth N Mavinakayanahalli
Cc: Anil S Keshavamurthy
Acked-by: Rusty Russell
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton
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Signed-off-by: Alexey Dobriyan
Cc: Gabor Gombas
Cc: Jan Beulich
Cc: Andi Kleen
Cc: Ingo Molnar ,
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds
05 Jan, 2009
4 commits
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The module code relies on a non-failing stop_machine call. So we create
the kstop threads in advance and with that make sure the call won't fail.Signed-off-by: Heiko Carstens
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When creating the final layout of a kernel module in memory, allow the
module loader to reserve some additional memory in front of a given section.
This is currently only needed for the parisc port which needs to put the
stub entries there to fulfill the 17/22bit PCREL relocations with large
kernel modules like xfs.Signed-off-by: Helge Deller
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Fix this warning:
kernel/module.c:824: warning: ‘print_unload_info’ defined but not used
print_unload_info() just was used when CONFIG_PROC_FS was defined.
This patch mark print_unload_info() inline to solve the problem.Signed-off-by: Jianjun Kong
Signed-off-by: Rusty Russell
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When there are two symbols in a module with the same name, one of which is
exported, both will be marked as exported in /proc/kallsyms. There aren't
any instances of this in the current kernel, but it is easy to construct a
simple module with two compilation units that exhibits the problem.$ objdump -j .text -t testmod.ko | grep foo
00000000 l F .text 00000032 foo
00000080 g F .text 00000001 foo
$ sudo insmod testmod.ko
$ grep "T foo" /proc/kallsyms
c28e8000 T foo [testmod]
c28e8080 T foo [testmod]Fix this by comparing the symbol values once we've found the exported
symbol table entry matching the symbol name. Tested using Ksplice:$ ksplice-create --patch=this_commit.patch --id=bar .
$ sudo ksplice-apply ksplice-bar.tar.gz
Done!
$ grep "T foo" /proc/kallsyms
c28e8080 T foo [testmod]Signed-off-by: Tim Abbott
Cc: Rusty Russell
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton
Signed-off-by: Rusty Russell
08 Dec, 2008
1 commit
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Impact: trace more functions
When the function graph tracer is configured, three more files are not
traced to prevent only four functions to be traced. And this impacts the
normal function tracer too.arch/x86/kernel/process_64/32.c:
I had crashes when I let this file traced. After some debugging, I saw
that the "current" task point was changed inside__swtich_to(), ie:
"write_pda(pcurrent, next_p);" inside process_64.c Since the tracer store
the original return address of the function inside current, we had
crashes. Only __switch_to() has to be excluded from tracing.kernel/module.c and kernel/extable.c:
Because of a function used internally by the function graph tracer:
__kernel_text_address()To let the other functions inside these files to be traced, this patch
introduces the __notrace_funcgraph function prefix which is __notrace if
function graph tracer is configured and nothing if not.Signed-off-by: Frederic Weisbecker
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar
17 Nov, 2008
1 commit
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…rn-tracer', 'tracing/tracepoints' and 'tracing/urgent' into tracing/core
16 Nov, 2008
2 commits
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Impact: cleanup
Use module notifiers for tracepoint updates rather than adding a hook in
module.c.Signed-off-by: Mathieu Desnoyers
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Impact: cleanup
Use module notifiers instead of adding a hook in module.c.
Signed-off-by: Mathieu Desnoyers
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar
