[PATCH V4 1/4] arm64: patch_text: Fixup last cpu should be master

guoren at kernel.org guoren at kernel.org
Thu Apr 7 00:33:20 PDT 2022


From: Guo Ren <guoren at linux.alibaba.com>

These patch_text implementations are using stop_machine_cpuslocked
infrastructure with atomic cpu_count. The original idea: When the
master CPU patch_text, the others should wait for it. But current
implementation is using the first CPU as master, which couldn't
guarantee the remaining CPUs are waiting. This patch changes the
last CPU as the master to solve the potential risk.

Fixes: ae16480785de ("arm64: introduce interfaces to hotpatch kernel and module code")
Signed-off-by: Guo Ren <guoren at linux.alibaba.com>
Signed-off-by: Guo Ren <guoren at kernel.org>
Reviewed-by: Catalin Marinas <catalin.marinas at arm.com>
Reviewed-by: Masami Hiramatsu <mhiramat at kernel.org>
Cc: <stable at vger.kernel.org>
---
 arch/arm64/kernel/patching.c | 4 ++--
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/arch/arm64/kernel/patching.c b/arch/arm64/kernel/patching.c
index 771f543464e0..33e0fabc0b79 100644
--- a/arch/arm64/kernel/patching.c
+++ b/arch/arm64/kernel/patching.c
@@ -117,8 +117,8 @@ static int __kprobes aarch64_insn_patch_text_cb(void *arg)
 	int i, ret = 0;
 	struct aarch64_insn_patch *pp = arg;
 
-	/* The first CPU becomes master */
-	if (atomic_inc_return(&pp->cpu_count) == 1) {
+	/* The last CPU becomes master */
+	if (atomic_inc_return(&pp->cpu_count) == num_online_cpus()) {
 		for (i = 0; ret == 0 && i < pp->insn_cnt; i++)
 			ret = aarch64_insn_patch_text_nosync(pp->text_addrs[i],
 							     pp->new_insns[i]);
-- 
2.25.1




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