On Fri, Jan 29, 2021 at 04:29:02PM +0100, Miroslav Benes wrote: > > > > - mutex_lock(&module_mutex); > > + rcu_read_lock_sched(); > > /* > > * We do not want to block removal of patched modules and therefore > > * we do not take a reference here. The patches are removed by > > @@ -74,7 +75,7 @@ static void klp_find_object_module(struct klp_object *obj) > > if (mod && mod->klp_alive) > > RCU always baffles me a bit, so I'll ask. Don't we need > rcu_dereference_sched() here? "mod" comes from a RCU-protected list, so I > wonder.
rcu_dereference* is only used for dereferencing points where that reference itself is RCU protected, that is the lookup of mod itself down in find_module_all in this case.
