From: Jiri Kosina <jkos...@suse.cz>
text_poke() and text_poke_bp() must be called with text_mutex held.
Let's put proper lockdep anotation in place instead of just mentioning
the requirement in comment.
Reported-by: Peter Zijlstra <pet...@infradead.org>
Signed-off-by: Jiri Kosina <jkos...@suse.cz>
---
arch/x86/kernel/alternative.c | 9 +++++----
1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/alternative.c b/arch/x86/kernel/alternative.c
index 014f214da581..b9d5e7c9ef43 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/alternative.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/alternative.c
@@ -684,8 +684,6 @@ void *__init_or_module text_poke_early(void *addr, const
void *opcode,
* It means the size must be writable atomically and the address must be
aligned
* in a way that permits an atomic write. It also makes sure we fit on a single
* page.
- *
- * Note: Must be called under text_mutex.
*/
void *text_poke(void *addr, const void *opcode, size_t len)
{
@@ -700,6 +698,8 @@ void *text_poke(void *addr, const void *opcode, size_t len)
*/
BUG_ON(!after_bootmem);
+ lockdep_assert_held(&text_mutex);
+
if (!core_kernel_text((unsigned long)addr)) {
pages[0] = vmalloc_to_page(addr);
pages[1] = vmalloc_to_page(addr + PAGE_SIZE);
@@ -782,8 +782,6 @@ int poke_int3_handler(struct pt_regs *regs)
* - replace the first byte (int3) by the first byte of
* replacing opcode
* - sync cores
- *
- * Note: must be called under text_mutex.
*/
void *text_poke_bp(void *addr, const void *opcode, size_t len, void *handler)
{
@@ -792,6 +790,9 @@ void *text_poke_bp(void *addr, const void *opcode, size_t
len, void *handler)
bp_int3_handler = handler;
bp_int3_addr = (u8 *)addr + sizeof(int3);
bp_patching_in_progress = true;
+
+ lockdep_assert_held(&text_mutex);
+
/*
* Corresponding read barrier in int3 notifier for making sure the
* in_progress and handler are correctly ordered wrt. patching.
--
Jiri Kosina
SUSE Labs
