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author | Rusty Russell <rusty@rustcorp.com.au> | 2013-01-12 13:27:34 +1030 |
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committer | Rusty Russell <rusty@rustcorp.com.au> | 2013-01-12 13:27:46 +1030 |
commit | 1fb9341ac34825aa40354e74d9a2c69df7d2c304 (patch) | |
tree | ebb2b836673d722845cd0a17c836799d800ae810 /kernel/module.c | |
parent | 0d21b0e3477395e7ff2acc269f15df6e6a8d356d (diff) | |
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module: put modules in list much earlier.
Prarit's excellent bug report:
> In recent Fedora releases (F17 & F18) some users have reported seeing
> messages similar to
>
> [ 15.478160] kvm: Could not allocate 304 bytes percpu data
> [ 15.478174] PERCPU: allocation failed, size=304 align=32, alloc from
> reserved chunk failed
>
> during system boot. In some cases, users have also reported seeing this
> message along with a failed load of other modules.
>
> What is happening is systemd is loading an instance of the kvm module for
> each cpu found (see commit e9bda3b). When the module load occurs the kernel
> currently allocates the modules percpu data area prior to checking to see
> if the module is already loaded or is in the process of being loaded. If
> the module is already loaded, or finishes load, the module loading code
> releases the current instance's module's percpu data.
Now we have a new state MODULE_STATE_UNFORMED, we can insert the
module into the list (and thus guarantee its uniqueness) before we
allocate the per-cpu region.
Reported-by: Prarit Bhargava <prarit@redhat.com>
Signed-off-by: Rusty Russell <rusty@rustcorp.com.au>
Tested-by: Prarit Bhargava <prarit@redhat.com>
Diffstat (limited to 'kernel/module.c')
-rw-r--r-- | kernel/module.c | 90 |
1 files changed, 49 insertions, 41 deletions
diff --git a/kernel/module.c b/kernel/module.c index c3a2ee8e3679..ec535aa63c98 100644 --- a/kernel/module.c +++ b/kernel/module.c @@ -3017,7 +3017,7 @@ static bool finished_loading(const char *name) bool ret; mutex_lock(&module_mutex); - mod = find_module(name); + mod = find_module_all(name, true); ret = !mod || mod->state == MODULE_STATE_LIVE || mod->state == MODULE_STATE_GOING; mutex_unlock(&module_mutex); @@ -3141,6 +3141,32 @@ static int load_module(struct load_info *info, const char __user *uargs, goto free_copy; } + /* + * We try to place it in the list now to make sure it's unique + * before we dedicate too many resources. In particular, + * temporary percpu memory exhaustion. + */ + mod->state = MODULE_STATE_UNFORMED; +again: + mutex_lock(&module_mutex); + if ((old = find_module_all(mod->name, true)) != NULL) { + if (old->state == MODULE_STATE_COMING + || old->state == MODULE_STATE_UNFORMED) { + /* Wait in case it fails to load. */ + mutex_unlock(&module_mutex); + err = wait_event_interruptible(module_wq, + finished_loading(mod->name)); + if (err) + goto free_module; + goto again; + } + err = -EEXIST; + mutex_unlock(&module_mutex); + goto free_module; + } + list_add_rcu(&mod->list, &modules); + mutex_unlock(&module_mutex); + #ifdef CONFIG_MODULE_SIG mod->sig_ok = info->sig_ok; if (!mod->sig_ok) @@ -3150,7 +3176,7 @@ static int load_module(struct load_info *info, const char __user *uargs, /* Now module is in final location, initialize linked lists, etc. */ err = module_unload_init(mod); if (err) - goto free_module; + goto unlink_mod; /* Now we've got everything in the final locations, we can * find optional sections. */ @@ -3185,54 +3211,33 @@ static int load_module(struct load_info *info, const char __user *uargs, goto free_arch_cleanup; } - /* Mark state as coming so strong_try_module_get() ignores us. */ - mod->state = MODULE_STATE_COMING; - - /* Now sew it into the lists so we can get lockdep and oops - * info during argument parsing. No one should access us, since - * strong_try_module_get() will fail. - * lockdep/oops can run asynchronous, so use the RCU list insertion - * function to insert in a way safe to concurrent readers. - * The mutex protects against concurrent writers. - */ -again: - mutex_lock(&module_mutex); - if ((old = find_module(mod->name)) != NULL) { - if (old->state == MODULE_STATE_COMING) { - /* Wait in case it fails to load. */ - mutex_unlock(&module_mutex); - err = wait_event_interruptible(module_wq, - finished_loading(mod->name)); - if (err) - goto free_arch_cleanup; - goto again; - } - err = -EEXIST; - goto unlock; - } - - /* This has to be done once we're sure module name is unique. */ dynamic_debug_setup(info->debug, info->num_debug); - /* Find duplicate symbols */ + mutex_lock(&module_mutex); + /* Find duplicate symbols (must be called under lock). */ err = verify_export_symbols(mod); if (err < 0) - goto ddebug; + goto ddebug_cleanup; + /* This relies on module_mutex for list integrity. */ module_bug_finalize(info->hdr, info->sechdrs, mod); - list_add_rcu(&mod->list, &modules); + + /* Mark state as coming so strong_try_module_get() ignores us, + * but kallsyms etc. can see us. */ + mod->state = MODULE_STATE_COMING; + mutex_unlock(&module_mutex); /* Module is ready to execute: parsing args may do that. */ err = parse_args(mod->name, mod->args, mod->kp, mod->num_kp, -32768, 32767, &ddebug_dyndbg_module_param_cb); if (err < 0) - goto unlink; + goto bug_cleanup; /* Link in to syfs. */ err = mod_sysfs_setup(mod, info, mod->kp, mod->num_kp); if (err < 0) - goto unlink; + goto bug_cleanup; /* Get rid of temporary copy. */ free_copy(info); @@ -3242,16 +3247,13 @@ again: return do_init_module(mod); - unlink: + bug_cleanup: + /* module_bug_cleanup needs module_mutex protection */ mutex_lock(&module_mutex); - /* Unlink carefully: kallsyms could be walking list. */ - list_del_rcu(&mod->list); module_bug_cleanup(mod); - wake_up_all(&module_wq); - ddebug: - dynamic_debug_remove(info->debug); - unlock: mutex_unlock(&module_mutex); + ddebug_cleanup: + dynamic_debug_remove(info->debug); synchronize_sched(); kfree(mod->args); free_arch_cleanup: @@ -3260,6 +3262,12 @@ again: free_modinfo(mod); free_unload: module_unload_free(mod); + unlink_mod: + mutex_lock(&module_mutex); + /* Unlink carefully: kallsyms could be walking list. */ + list_del_rcu(&mod->list); + wake_up_all(&module_wq); + mutex_unlock(&module_mutex); free_module: module_deallocate(mod, info); free_copy: |