/* SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-or-later */ /* * kmod dups - the kernel module autoloader duplicate suppressor * * Copyright (C) 2023 Luis Chamberlain */ #define pr_fmt(fmt) "module: " fmt #include #include #include #include #include #include #include #include #include #include #include #include #include #include #include #include #include #include #include #include #include #include #include #include #include "internal.h" #undef MODULE_PARAM_PREFIX #define MODULE_PARAM_PREFIX "module." static bool enable_dups_trace = IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_MODULE_DEBUG_AUTOLOAD_DUPS_TRACE); module_param(enable_dups_trace, bool_enable_only, 0644); /* * Protects dup_kmod_reqs list, adds / removals with RCU. */ static DEFINE_MUTEX(kmod_dup_mutex); static LIST_HEAD(dup_kmod_reqs); struct kmod_dup_req { struct list_head list; char name[MODULE_NAME_LEN]; struct completion first_req_done; struct work_struct complete_work; struct delayed_work delete_work; int dup_ret; }; static struct kmod_dup_req *kmod_dup_request_lookup(char *module_name) { struct kmod_dup_req *kmod_req; list_for_each_entry_rcu(kmod_req, &dup_kmod_reqs, list, lockdep_is_held(&kmod_dup_mutex)) { if (strlen(kmod_req->name) == strlen(module_name) && !memcmp(kmod_req->name, module_name, strlen(module_name))) { return kmod_req; } } return NULL; } static void kmod_dup_request_delete(struct work_struct *work) { struct kmod_dup_req *kmod_req; kmod_req = container_of(to_delayed_work(work), struct kmod_dup_req, delete_work); /* * The typical situation is a module successully loaded. In that * situation the module will be present already in userspace. If * new requests come in after that, userspace will already know the * module is loaded so will just return 0 right away. There is still * a small chance right after we delete this entry new request_module() * calls may happen after that, they can happen. These heuristics * are to protect finit_module() abuse for auto-loading, if modules * are still tryign to auto-load even if a module is already loaded, * that's on them, and those inneficiencies should not be fixed by * kmod. The inneficies there are a call to modprobe and modprobe * just returning 0. */ mutex_lock(&kmod_dup_mutex); list_del_rcu(&kmod_req->list); synchronize_rcu(); mutex_unlock(&kmod_dup_mutex); kfree(kmod_req); } static void kmod_dup_request_complete(struct work_struct *work) { struct kmod_dup_req *kmod_req; kmod_req = container_of(work, struct kmod_dup_req, complete_work); /* * This will ensure that the kernel will let all the waiters get * informed its time to check the return value. It's time to * go home. */ complete_all(&kmod_req->first_req_done); /* * Now that we have allowed prior request_module() calls to go on * with life, let's schedule deleting this entry. We don't have * to do it right away, but we *eventually* want to do it so to not * let this linger forever as this is just a boot optimization for * possible abuses of vmalloc() incurred by finit_module() thrashing. */ queue_delayed_work(system_wq, &kmod_req->delete_work, 60 * HZ); } bool kmod_dup_request_exists_wait(char *module_name, bool wait, int *dup_ret) { struct kmod_dup_req *kmod_req, *new_kmod_req; int ret; /* * Pre-allocate the entry in case we have to use it later * to avoid contention with the mutex. */ new_kmod_req = kzalloc(sizeof(*new_kmod_req), GFP_KERNEL); if (!new_kmod_req) return false; memcpy(new_kmod_req->name, module_name, strlen(module_name)); INIT_WORK(&new_kmod_req->complete_work, kmod_dup_request_complete); INIT_DELAYED_WORK(&new_kmod_req->delete_work, kmod_dup_request_delete); init_completion(&new_kmod_req->first_req_done); mutex_lock(&kmod_dup_mutex); kmod_req = kmod_dup_request_lookup(module_name); if (!kmod_req) { /* * If the first request that came through for a module * was with request_module_nowait() we cannot wait for it * and share its return value with other users which may * have used request_module() and need a proper return value * so just skip using them as an anchor. * * If a prior request to this one came through with * request_module() though, then a request_module_nowait() * would benefit from duplicate detection. */ if (!wait) { kfree(new_kmod_req); pr_debug("New request_module_nowait() for %s -- cannot track duplicates for this request\n", module_name); mutex_unlock(&kmod_dup_mutex); return false; } /* * There was no duplicate, just add the request so we can * keep tab on duplicates later. */ pr_debug("New request_module() for %s\n", module_name); list_add_rcu(&new_kmod_req->list, &dup_kmod_reqs); mutex_unlock(&kmod_dup_mutex); return false; } mutex_unlock(&kmod_dup_mutex); /* We are dealing with a duplicate request now */ kfree(new_kmod_req); /* * To fix these try to use try_then_request_module() instead as that * will check if the component you are looking for is present or not. * You could also just queue a single request to load the module once, * instead of having each and everything you need try to request for * the module. * * Duplicate request_module() calls can cause quite a bit of wasted * vmalloc() space when racing with userspace. */ if (enable_dups_trace) WARN(1, "module-autoload: duplicate request for module %s\n", module_name); else pr_warn("module-autoload: duplicate request for module %s\n", module_name); if (!wait) { /* * If request_module_nowait() was used then the user just * wanted to issue the request and if another module request * was already its way with the same name we don't care for * the return value either. Let duplicate request_module_nowait() * calls bail out right away. */ *dup_ret = 0; return true; } /* * If a duplicate request_module() was used they *may* care for * the return value, so we have no other option but to wait for * the first caller to complete. If the first caller used * the request_module_nowait() call, subsquent callers will * deal with the comprmise of getting a successful call with this * optimization enabled ... */ ret = wait_for_completion_state(&kmod_req->first_req_done, TASK_KILLABLE); if (ret) { *dup_ret = ret; return true; } /* Now the duplicate request has the same exact return value as the first request */ *dup_ret = kmod_req->dup_ret; return true; } void kmod_dup_request_announce(char *module_name, int ret) { struct kmod_dup_req *kmod_req; mutex_lock(&kmod_dup_mutex); kmod_req = kmod_dup_request_lookup(module_name); if (!kmod_req) goto out; kmod_req->dup_ret = ret; /* * If we complete() here we may allow duplicate threads * to continue before the first one that submitted the * request. We're in no rush also, given that each and * every bounce back to userspace is slow we avoid that * with a slight delay here. So queueue up the completion * and let duplicates suffer, just wait a tad bit longer. * There is no rush. But we also don't want to hold the * caller up forever or introduce any boot delays. */ queue_work(system_wq, &kmod_req->complete_work); out: mutex_unlock(&kmod_dup_mutex); }