[PATCH v6 20/24] x86/ftrace: Use vmalloc special flag

nadav.amit at gmail.com nadav.amit at gmail.com
Fri Apr 26 23:22:59 UTC 2019


From: Rick Edgecombe <rick.p.edgecombe at intel.com>

Use new flag VM_FLUSH_RESET_PERMS for handling freeing of special
permissioned memory in vmalloc and remove places where memory was set NX
and RW before freeing which is no longer needed.

Acked-by: Steven Rostedt (VMware) <rostedt at goodmis.org>
Tested-by: Steven Rostedt (VMware) <rostedt at goodmis.org>
Signed-off-by: Rick Edgecombe <rick.p.edgecombe at intel.com>
---
 arch/x86/kernel/ftrace.c | 14 ++++++--------
 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)

diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/ftrace.c b/arch/x86/kernel/ftrace.c
index 53ba1aa3a01f..0caf8122d680 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/ftrace.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/ftrace.c
@@ -678,12 +678,8 @@ static inline void *alloc_tramp(unsigned long size)
 {
 	return module_alloc(size);
 }
-static inline void tramp_free(void *tramp, int size)
+static inline void tramp_free(void *tramp)
 {
-	int npages = PAGE_ALIGN(size) >> PAGE_SHIFT;
-
-	set_memory_nx((unsigned long)tramp, npages);
-	set_memory_rw((unsigned long)tramp, npages);
 	module_memfree(tramp);
 }
 #else
@@ -692,7 +688,7 @@ static inline void *alloc_tramp(unsigned long size)
 {
 	return NULL;
 }
-static inline void tramp_free(void *tramp, int size) { }
+static inline void tramp_free(void *tramp) { }
 #endif
 
 /* Defined as markers to the end of the ftrace default trampolines */
@@ -808,6 +804,8 @@ create_trampoline(struct ftrace_ops *ops, unsigned int *tramp_size)
 	/* ALLOC_TRAMP flags lets us know we created it */
 	ops->flags |= FTRACE_OPS_FL_ALLOC_TRAMP;
 
+	set_vm_flush_reset_perms(trampoline);
+
 	/*
 	 * Module allocation needs to be completed by making the page
 	 * executable. The page is still writable, which is a security hazard,
@@ -816,7 +814,7 @@ create_trampoline(struct ftrace_ops *ops, unsigned int *tramp_size)
 	set_memory_x((unsigned long)trampoline, npages);
 	return (unsigned long)trampoline;
 fail:
-	tramp_free(trampoline, *tramp_size);
+	tramp_free(trampoline);
 	return 0;
 }
 
@@ -947,7 +945,7 @@ void arch_ftrace_trampoline_free(struct ftrace_ops *ops)
 	if (!ops || !(ops->flags & FTRACE_OPS_FL_ALLOC_TRAMP))
 		return;
 
-	tramp_free((void *)ops->trampoline, ops->trampoline_size);
+	tramp_free((void *)ops->trampoline);
 	ops->trampoline = 0;
 }
 
-- 
2.17.1



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