History log of /linux-master/kernel/module/procfs.c
Revision Date Author Comments
# 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>


# 17dd25c29 14-Jul-2022 Aaron Tomlin <atomlin@redhat.com>

module: Modify module_flags() to accept show_state argument

No functional change.

With this patch a given module's state information (i.e. 'mod->state')
can be omitted from the specified buffer. Please note that this is in
preparation to include the last unloaded module's taint flag(s),
if available.

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


# 01dc0386 23-Feb-2022 Christophe Leroy <christophe.leroy@csgroup.eu>

module: Add CONFIG_ARCH_WANTS_MODULES_DATA_IN_VMALLOC

Add CONFIG_ARCH_WANTS_MODULES_DATA_IN_VMALLOC to allow architectures
to request having modules data in vmalloc area instead of module area.

This is required on powerpc book3s/32 in order to set data non
executable, because it is not possible to set executability on page
basis, this is done per 256 Mbytes segments. The module area has exec
right, vmalloc area has noexec.

This can also be useful on other powerpc/32 in order to maximize the
chance of code being close enough to kernel core to avoid branch
trampolines.

Cc: Jason Wessel <jason.wessel@windriver.com>
Acked-by: Daniel Thompson <daniel.thompson@linaro.org>
Cc: Douglas Anderson <dianders@chromium.org>
Signed-off-by: Christophe Leroy <christophe.leroy@csgroup.eu>
[mcgrof: rebased in light of kernel/module/kdb.c move]
Signed-off-by: Luis Chamberlain <mcgrof@kernel.org>


# 0ffc40f6 22-Mar-2022 Aaron Tomlin <atomlin@redhat.com>

module: Move procfs support into a separate file

No functional change.

This patch migrates code that allows one to generate a
list of loaded/or linked modules via /proc when procfs
support is enabled into kernel/module/procfs.c.

Reviewed-by: Christophe Leroy <christophe.leroy@csgroup.eu>
Signed-off-by: Aaron Tomlin <atomlin@redhat.com>
Signed-off-by: Luis Chamberlain <mcgrof@kernel.org>