History log of /linux-master/kernel/module/kallsyms.c
Revision Date Author Comments
# ff09f6fd 21-Jul-2023 Palmer Dabbelt <palmer@rivosinc.com>

modpost, kallsyms: Treat add '$'-prefixed symbols as mapping symbols

Trying to restrict the '$'-prefix change to RISC-V caused some fallout,
so let's just treat all those symbols as special.

Fixes: c05780ef3c190 ("module: Ignore RISC-V mapping symbols too")
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/all/20230712015747.77263-1-wangkefeng.wang@huawei.com/
Signed-off-by: Palmer Dabbelt <palmer@rivosinc.com>
Reviewed-by: Masahiro Yamada <masahiroy@kernel.org>
Signed-off-by: Luis Chamberlain <mcgrof@kernel.org>


# c05780ef 07-Jul-2023 Palmer Dabbelt <palmer@rivosinc.com>

module: Ignore RISC-V mapping symbols too

RISC-V has an extended form of mapping symbols that we use to encode
the ISA when it changes in the middle of an ELF. This trips up modpost
as a build failure, I haven't yet verified it yet but I believe the
kallsyms difference should result in stacks looking sane again.

Reported-by: Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@infradead.org>
Closes: https://lore.kernel.org/all/9d9e2902-5489-4bf0-d9cb-556c8e5d71c2@infradead.org/
Signed-off-by: Palmer Dabbelt <palmer@rivosinc.com>
Reviewed-by: Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@infradead.org>
Tested-by: Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@infradead.org> # build-tested
Signed-off-by: Luis Chamberlain <mcgrof@kernel.org>


# 4f521bab 25-May-2023 Maninder Singh <maninder1.s@samsung.com>

kallsyms: remove unsed API lookup_symbol_attrs

with commit '7878c231dae0 ("slab: remove /proc/slab_allocators")'
lookup_symbol_attrs usage is removed.

Thus removing redundant API.

Signed-off-by: Maninder Singh <maninder1.s@samsung.com>
Reviewed-by: Kees Cook <keescook@chromium.org>
Signed-off-by: Luis Chamberlain <mcgrof@kernel.org>


# 0a3bf860 31-Mar-2023 Tiezhu Yang <yangtiezhu@loongson.cn>

module: Ignore L0 and rename is_arm_mapping_symbol()

The L0 symbol is generated when build module on LoongArch, ignore it in
modpost and when looking at module symbols, otherwise we can not see the
expected call trace.

Now is_arm_mapping_symbol() is not only for ARM, in order to reflect the
reality, rename is_arm_mapping_symbol() to is_mapping_symbol().

This is related with commit c17a2538704f ("mksysmap: Fix the mismatch of
'L0' symbols in System.map").

(1) Simple test case

[loongson@linux hello]$ cat hello.c
#include <linux/init.h>
#include <linux/module.h>
#include <linux/printk.h>

static void test_func(void)
{
pr_info("This is a test\n");
dump_stack();
}

static int __init hello_init(void)
{
pr_warn("Hello, world\n");
test_func();

return 0;
}

static void __exit hello_exit(void)
{
pr_warn("Goodbye\n");
}

module_init(hello_init);
module_exit(hello_exit);
MODULE_LICENSE("GPL");
[loongson@linux hello]$ cat Makefile
obj-m:=hello.o

ccflags-y += -g -Og

all:
make -C /lib/modules/$(shell uname -r)/build/ M=$(PWD) modules
clean:
make -C /lib/modules/$(shell uname -r)/build/ M=$(PWD) clean

(2) Test environment

system: LoongArch CLFS 5.5
https://github.com/sunhaiyong1978/CLFS-for-LoongArch/releases/tag/5.0
It needs to update grub to avoid booting error "invalid magic number".

kernel: 6.3-rc1 with loongson3_defconfig + CONFIG_DYNAMIC_FTRACE=y

(3) Test result

Without this patch:

[root@linux hello]# insmod hello.ko
[root@linux hello]# dmesg
...
Hello, world
This is a test
...
Call Trace:
[<9000000000223728>] show_stack+0x68/0x18c
[<90000000013374cc>] dump_stack_lvl+0x60/0x88
[<ffff800002050028>] L0\x01+0x20/0x2c [hello]
[<ffff800002058028>] L0\x01+0x20/0x30 [hello]
[<900000000022097c>] do_one_initcall+0x88/0x288
[<90000000002df890>] do_init_module+0x54/0x200
[<90000000002e1e18>] __do_sys_finit_module+0xc4/0x114
[<90000000013382e8>] do_syscall+0x7c/0x94
[<9000000000221e3c>] handle_syscall+0xbc/0x158

With this patch:

[root@linux hello]# insmod hello.ko
[root@linux hello]# dmesg
...
Hello, world
This is a test
...
Call Trace:
[<9000000000223728>] show_stack+0x68/0x18c
[<90000000013374cc>] dump_stack_lvl+0x60/0x88
[<ffff800002050028>] test_func+0x28/0x34 [hello]
[<ffff800002058028>] hello_init+0x28/0x38 [hello]
[<900000000022097c>] do_one_initcall+0x88/0x288
[<90000000002df890>] do_init_module+0x54/0x200
[<90000000002e1e18>] __do_sys_finit_module+0xc4/0x114
[<90000000013382e8>] do_syscall+0x7c/0x94
[<9000000000221e3c>] handle_syscall+0xbc/0x158

Signed-off-by: Tiezhu Yang <yangtiezhu@loongson.cn>
Tested-by: Youling Tang <tangyouling@loongson.cn> # for LoongArch
Signed-off-by: Luis Chamberlain <mcgrof@kernel.org>


# 987d2e0a 31-Mar-2023 Tiezhu Yang <yangtiezhu@loongson.cn>

module: Move is_arm_mapping_symbol() to module_symbol.h

In order to avoid duplicated code, move is_arm_mapping_symbol() to
include/linux/module_symbol.h, then remove is_arm_mapping_symbol()
in the other places.

Signed-off-by: Tiezhu Yang <yangtiezhu@loongson.cn>
Signed-off-by: Luis Chamberlain <mcgrof@kernel.org>


# 87e5b1e8 31-Mar-2023 Tiezhu Yang <yangtiezhu@loongson.cn>

module: Sync code of is_arm_mapping_symbol()

After commit 2e3a10a1551d ("ARM: avoid ARM binutils leaking ELF local
symbols") and commit d6b732666a1b ("modpost: fix undefined behavior of
is_arm_mapping_symbol()"), many differences of is_arm_mapping_symbol()
exist in kernel/module/kallsyms.c and scripts/mod/modpost.c, just sync
the code to keep consistent.

Signed-off-by: Tiezhu Yang <yangtiezhu@loongson.cn>
Signed-off-by: Luis Chamberlain <mcgrof@kernel.org>


# 3703bd54 08-Mar-2023 Zhen Lei <thunder.leizhen@huawei.com>

kallsyms: Delete an unused parameter related to {module_}kallsyms_on_each_symbol()

The parameter 'struct module *' in the hook function associated with
{module_}kallsyms_on_each_symbol() is no longer used. Delete it.

Suggested-by: Petr Mladek <pmladek@suse.com>
Signed-off-by: Zhen Lei <thunder.leizhen@huawei.com>
Reviewed-by: Vincenzo Palazzo <vincenzopalazzodev@gmail.com>
Acked-by: Jiri Olsa <jolsa@kernel.org>
Acked-by: Steven Rostedt (Google) <rostedt@goodmis.org>
Signed-off-by: Luis Chamberlain <mcgrof@kernel.org>


# ac3b4328 06-Feb-2023 Song Liu <song@kernel.org>

module: replace module_layout with module_memory

module_layout manages different types of memory (text, data, rodata, etc.)
in one allocation, which is problematic for some reasons:

1. It is hard to enable CONFIG_STRICT_MODULE_RWX.
2. It is hard to use huge pages in modules (and not break strict rwx).
3. Many archs uses module_layout for arch-specific data, but it is not
obvious how these data are used (are they RO, RX, or RW?)

Improve the scenario by replacing 2 (or 3) module_layout per module with
up to 7 module_memory per module:

MOD_TEXT,
MOD_DATA,
MOD_RODATA,
MOD_RO_AFTER_INIT,
MOD_INIT_TEXT,
MOD_INIT_DATA,
MOD_INIT_RODATA,

and allocating them separately. This adds slightly more entries to
mod_tree (from up to 3 entries per module, to up to 7 entries per
module). However, this at most adds a small constant overhead to
__module_address(), which is expected to be fast.

Various archs use module_layout for different data. These data are put
into different module_memory based on their location in module_layout.
IOW, data that used to go with text is allocated with MOD_MEM_TYPE_TEXT;
data that used to go with data is allocated with MOD_MEM_TYPE_DATA, etc.

module_memory simplifies quite some of the module code. For example,
ARCH_WANTS_MODULES_DATA_IN_VMALLOC is a lot cleaner, as it just uses a
different allocator for the data. kernel/module/strict_rwx.c is also
much cleaner with module_memory.

Signed-off-by: Song Liu <song@kernel.org>
Cc: Luis Chamberlain <mcgrof@kernel.org>
Cc: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
Cc: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org>
Cc: Guenter Roeck <linux@roeck-us.net>
Cc: Christophe Leroy <christophe.leroy@csgroup.eu>
Reviewed-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
Reviewed-by: Christophe Leroy <christophe.leroy@csgroup.eu>
Reviewed-by: Luis Chamberlain <mcgrof@kernel.org>
Signed-off-by: Luis Chamberlain <mcgrof@kernel.org>


# d099f594 03-Apr-2023 Jiri Olsa <jolsa@kernel.org>

kallsyms: Disable preemption for find_kallsyms_symbol_value

Artem reported suspicious RCU usage [1]. The reason is that verifier
calls find_kallsyms_symbol_value with preemption enabled which will
trigger suspicious RCU usage warning in rcu_dereference_sched call.

Disabling preemption in find_kallsyms_symbol_value and adding
__find_kallsyms_symbol_value function.

Fixes: 31bf1dbccfb0 ("bpf: Fix attaching fentry/fexit/fmod_ret/lsm to modules")
Reported-by: Artem Savkov <asavkov@redhat.com>
Signed-off-by: Jiri Olsa <jolsa@kernel.org>
Signed-off-by: Andrii Nakryiko <andrii@kernel.org>
Tested-by: Artem Savkov <asavkov@redhat.com>
Reviewed-by: Zhen Lei <thunder.leizhen@huawei.com>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/bpf/20230403220254.2191240-1-jolsa@kernel.org

[1] https://lore.kernel.org/bpf/ZBrPMkv8YVRiWwCR@samus.usersys.redhat.com/


# 07cc2c93 16-Jan-2023 Zhen Lei <thunder.leizhen@huawei.com>

livepatch: Improve the search performance of module_kallsyms_on_each_symbol()

Currently we traverse all symbols of all modules to find the specified
function for the specified module. But in reality, we just need to find
the given module and then traverse all the symbols in it.

Let's add a new parameter 'const char *modname' to function
module_kallsyms_on_each_symbol(), then we can compare the module names
directly in this function and call hook 'fn' after matching. If 'modname'
is NULL, the symbols of all modules are still traversed for compatibility
with other usage cases.

Phase1: mod1-->mod2..(subsequent modules do not need to be compared)
|
Phase2: -->f1-->f2-->f3

Assuming that there are m modules, each module has n symbols on average,
then the time complexity is reduced from O(m * n) to O(m) + O(n).

Reviewed-by: Petr Mladek <pmladek@suse.com>
Acked-by: Song Liu <song@kernel.org>
Signed-off-by: Zhen Lei <thunder.leizhen@huawei.com>
Signed-off-by: Jiri Olsa <jolsa@kernel.org>
Acked-by: Miroslav Benes <mbenes@suse.cz>
Reviewed-by: Luis Chamberlain <mcgrof@kernel.org>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20230116101009.23694-2-jolsa@kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Alexei Starovoitov <ast@kernel.org>


# 73feb8d5 25-Oct-2022 Jiri Olsa <jolsa@kernel.org>

kallsyms: Make module_kallsyms_on_each_symbol generally available

Making module_kallsyms_on_each_symbol generally available, so it
can be used outside CONFIG_LIVEPATCH option in following changes.

Rather than adding another ifdef option let's make the function
generally available (when CONFIG_KALLSYMS and CONFIG_MODULES
options are defined).

Cc: Christoph Hellwig <hch@lst.de>
Acked-by: Song Liu <song@kernel.org>
Signed-off-by: Jiri Olsa <jolsa@kernel.org>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20221025134148.3300700-2-jolsa@kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Alexei Starovoitov <ast@kernel.org>


# 07ade45a 13-Jun-2022 Christophe Leroy <christophe.leroy@csgroup.eu>

module: Increase readability of module_kallsyms_lookup_name()

module_kallsyms_lookup_name() has several exit conditions but
can't return immediately due to preempt_disable().

Refactor module_kallsyms_lookup_name() to allow returning from
anywhere, and reduce depth.

Signed-off-by: Christophe Leroy <christophe.leroy@csgroup.eu>
Signed-off-by: Luis Chamberlain <mcgrof@kernel.org>


# ecc726f1 13-Jun-2022 Christophe Leroy <christophe.leroy@csgroup.eu>

module: Fix ERRORs reported by checkpatch.pl

Checkpatch reports following errors:

ERROR: do not use assignment in if condition
+ if ((colon = strnchr(name, MODULE_NAME_LEN, ':')) != NULL) {

ERROR: do not use assignment in if condition
+ if ((mod = find_module_all(name, colon - name, false)) != NULL)

ERROR: do not use assignment in if condition
+ if ((ret = find_kallsyms_symbol_value(mod, name)) != 0)

ERROR: do not initialise globals to 0
+int modules_disabled = 0;

Fix them.

The following one has to remain, because the condition has to be evaluated
multiple times by the macro wait_event_interruptible_timeout().

ERROR: do not use assignment in if condition
+ if (wait_event_interruptible_timeout(module_wq,

Signed-off-by: Christophe Leroy <christophe.leroy@csgroup.eu>
Signed-off-by: Luis Chamberlain <mcgrof@kernel.org>


# e69a6614 11-Jul-2022 Aaron Tomlin <atomlin@redhat.com>

module: kallsyms: Ensure preemption in add_kallsyms() with PREEMPT_RT

The commit 08126db5ff73 ("module: kallsyms: Fix suspicious rcu usage")
under PREEMPT_RT=y, disabling preemption introduced an unbounded
latency since the loop is not fixed. This change caused a regression
since previously preemption was not disabled and we would dereference
RCU-protected pointers explicitly. That being said, these pointers
cannot change.

Before kallsyms-specific data is prepared/or set-up, we ensure that
the unformed module is known to be unique i.e. does not already exist
(see load_module()). Therefore, we can fix this by using the common and
more appropriate RCU flavour as this section of code can be safely
preempted.

Reported-by: Steven Rostedt <rostedt@goodmis.org>
Fixes: 08126db5ff73 ("module: kallsyms: Fix suspicious rcu usage")
Signed-off-by: Aaron Tomlin <atomlin@redhat.com>
Signed-off-by: Luis Chamberlain <mcgrof@kernel.org>


# 35adf9a4 30-Jun-2022 Adrian Hunter <adrian.hunter@intel.com>

modules: Fix corruption of /proc/kallsyms

The commit 91fb02f31505 ("module: Move kallsyms support into a separate
file") changed from using strlcpy() to using strscpy() which created a
buffer overflow. That happened because:
1) an incorrect value was passed as the buffer length
2) strscpy() (unlike strlcpy()) may copy beyond the length of the
input string when copying word-by-word.
The assumption was that because it was already known that the strings
being copied would fit in the space available, it was not necessary
to correctly set the buffer length. strscpy() breaks that assumption
because although it will not touch bytes beyond the given buffer length
it may write bytes beyond the input string length when writing
word-by-word.

The result of the buffer overflow is to corrupt the symbol type
information that follows. e.g.

$ sudo cat -v /proc/kallsyms | grep '\^' | head
ffffffffc0615000 ^@ rfcomm_session_get [rfcomm]
ffffffffc061c060 ^@ session_list [rfcomm]
ffffffffc06150d0 ^@ rfcomm_send_frame [rfcomm]
ffffffffc0615130 ^@ rfcomm_make_uih [rfcomm]
ffffffffc07ed58d ^@ bnep_exit [bnep]
ffffffffc07ec000 ^@ bnep_rx_control [bnep]
ffffffffc07ec1a0 ^@ bnep_session [bnep]
ffffffffc07e7000 ^@ input_leds_event [input_leds]
ffffffffc07e9000 ^@ input_leds_handler [input_leds]
ffffffffc07e7010 ^@ input_leds_disconnect [input_leds]

Notably, the null bytes (represented above by ^@) can confuse tools.

Fix by correcting the buffer length.

Fixes: 91fb02f31505 ("module: Move kallsyms support into a separate file")
Signed-off-by: Adrian Hunter <adrian.hunter@intel.com>
Signed-off-by: Luis Chamberlain <mcgrof@kernel.org>


# 6ab9942c 23-Feb-2022 Christophe Leroy <christophe.leroy@csgroup.eu>

module: Introduce data_layout

In order to allow separation of data from text, add another layout,
called data_layout. For architectures requesting separation of text
and data, only text will go in core_layout and data will go in
data_layout.

For architectures which keep text and data together, make data_layout
an alias of core_layout, that way data_layout can be used for all
data manipulations, regardless of whether data is in core_layout or
data_layout.

Signed-off-by: Christophe Leroy <christophe.leroy@csgroup.eu>
Signed-off-by: Luis Chamberlain <mcgrof@kernel.org>


# 7337f929 23-Feb-2022 Christophe Leroy <christophe.leroy@csgroup.eu>

module: Rename debug_align() as strict_align()

debug_align() was added by commit 84e1c6bb38eb ("x86: Add RO/NX
protection for loadable kernel modules")

At that time the config item was CONFIG_DEBUG_SET_MODULE_RONX.

But nowadays it has changed to CONFIG_STRICT_MODULE_RWX and
debug_align() is confusing because it has nothing to do with
DEBUG.

Rename it strict_align()

Signed-off-by: Christophe Leroy <christophe.leroy@csgroup.eu>
Signed-off-by: Luis Chamberlain <mcgrof@kernel.org>


# 08126db5 22-Mar-2022 Aaron Tomlin <atomlin@redhat.com>

module: kallsyms: Fix suspicious rcu usage

No functional change.

The purpose of this patch is to address the various Sparse warnings
due to the incorrect dereference/or access of an __rcu pointer.

Signed-off-by: Aaron Tomlin <atomlin@redhat.com>
Signed-off-by: Luis Chamberlain <mcgrof@kernel.org>


# 91fb02f3 22-Mar-2022 Aaron Tomlin <atomlin@redhat.com>

module: Move kallsyms support into a separate file

No functional change.

This patch migrates kallsyms code out of core module
code kernel/module/kallsyms.c

Signed-off-by: Aaron Tomlin <atomlin@redhat.com>
Signed-off-by: Luis Chamberlain <mcgrof@kernel.org>