linux/kernel/debug/kdb
Linus Torvalds ef98f9cfe2 Modules updates for v5.19-rc1
As promised, for v5.19 I queued up quite a bit of work for modules, but
 still with a pretty conservative eye. These changes have been soaking on
 modules-next (and so linux-next) for quite some time, the code shift was
 merged onto modules-next on March 22, and the last patch was queued on May
 5th.
 
 The following are the highlights of what bells and whistles we will get for
 v5.19:
 
  1) It was time to tidy up kernel/module.c and one way of starting with
     that effort was to split it up into files. At my request Aaron Tomlin
     spearheaded that effort with the goal to not introduce any
     functional at all during that endeavour.  The penalty for the split
     is +1322 bytes total, +112 bytes in data, +1210 bytes in text while
     bss is unchanged. One of the benefits of this other than helping
     make the code easier to read and review is summoning more help on review
     for changes with livepatching so kernel/module/livepatch.c is now
     pegged as maintained by the live patching folks.
 
     The before and after with just the move on a defconfig on x86-64:
 
      $ size kernel/module.o
         text    data     bss     dec     hex filename
        38434    4540     104   43078    a846 kernel/module.o
 
      $ size -t kernel/module/*.o
         text    data     bss     dec     hex filename
        4785     120       0    4905    1329 kernel/module/kallsyms.o
       28577    4416     104   33097    8149 kernel/module/main.o
        1158       8       0    1166     48e kernel/module/procfs.o
         902     108       0    1010     3f2 kernel/module/strict_rwx.o
        3390       0       0    3390     d3e kernel/module/sysfs.o
         832       0       0     832     340 kernel/module/tree_lookup.o
       39644    4652     104   44400    ad70 (TOTALS)
 
  2) Aaron added module unload taint tracking (MODULE_UNLOAD_TAINT_TRACKING),
     so to enable tracking unloaded modules which did taint the kernel.
 
  3) Christophe Leroy added CONFIG_ARCH_WANTS_MODULES_DATA_IN_VMALLOC
     which lets architectures to request having modules data in vmalloc
     area instead of module area. There are three reasons why an
     architecture might want this:
 
     a) On some architectures (like book3s/32) it is not possible to protect
        against execution on a page basis. The exec stuff can be mapped by
        different arch segment sizes (on book3s/32 that is 256M segments). By
        default the module area is in an Exec segment while vmalloc area is in
        a NoExec segment. Using vmalloc lets you muck with module data as
        NoExec on those architectures whereas before you could not.
 
     b) By pushing more module data to vmalloc you also increase the
        probability of module text to remain within a closer distance
        from kernel core text and this reduces trampolines, this has been
        reported on arm first and powerpc folks are following that lead.
 
     c) Free'ing module_alloc() (Exec by default) area leaves this
        exposed as Exec by default, some architectures have some
        security enhancements to set this as NoExec on free, and splitting
        module data with text let's future generic special allocators
        be added to the kernel without having developers try to grok
        the tribal knowledge per arch. Work like Rick Edgecombe's
        permission vmalloc interface [0] becomes easier to address over
        time.
 
        [0] https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/20201120202426.18009-1-rick.p.edgecombe@intel.com/#r
 
  4) Masahiro Yamada's symbol search enhancements
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Merge tag 'modules-5.19-rc1' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/mcgrof/linux

Pull modules updates from  Luis Chamberlain:

 - It was time to tidy up kernel/module.c and one way of starting with
   that effort was to split it up into files. At my request Aaron Tomlin
   spearheaded that effort with the goal to not introduce any functional
   at all during that endeavour. The penalty for the split is +1322
   bytes total, +112 bytes in data, +1210 bytes in text while bss is
   unchanged. One of the benefits of this other than helping make the
   code easier to read and review is summoning more help on review for
   changes with livepatching so kernel/module/livepatch.c is now pegged
   as maintained by the live patching folks.

   The before and after with just the move on a defconfig on x86-64:

     $ size kernel/module.o
        text    data     bss     dec     hex filename
       38434    4540     104   43078    a846 kernel/module.o

     $ size -t kernel/module/*.o
        text    data     bss     dec     hex filename
       4785     120       0    4905    1329 kernel/module/kallsyms.o
      28577    4416     104   33097    8149 kernel/module/main.o
       1158       8       0    1166     48e kernel/module/procfs.o
        902     108       0    1010     3f2 kernel/module/strict_rwx.o
       3390       0       0    3390     d3e kernel/module/sysfs.o
        832       0       0     832     340 kernel/module/tree_lookup.o
      39644    4652     104   44400    ad70 (TOTALS)

 - Aaron added module unload taint tracking (MODULE_UNLOAD_TAINT_TRACKING),
   to enable tracking unloaded modules which did taint the kernel.

 - Christophe Leroy added CONFIG_ARCH_WANTS_MODULES_DATA_IN_VMALLOC
   which lets architectures to request having modules data in vmalloc
   area instead of module area. There are three reasons why an
   architecture might want this:

    a) On some architectures (like book3s/32) it is not possible to
       protect against execution on a page basis. The exec stuff can be
       mapped by different arch segment sizes (on book3s/32 that is 256M
       segments). By default the module area is in an Exec segment while
       vmalloc area is in a NoExec segment. Using vmalloc lets you muck
       with module data as NoExec on those architectures whereas before
       you could not.

    b) By pushing more module data to vmalloc you also increase the
       probability of module text to remain within a closer distance
       from kernel core text and this reduces trampolines, this has been
       reported on arm first and powerpc folks are following that lead.

    c) Free'ing module_alloc() (Exec by default) area leaves this
       exposed as Exec by default, some architectures have some security
       enhancements to set this as NoExec on free, and splitting module
       data with text let's future generic special allocators be added
       to the kernel without having developers try to grok the tribal
       knowledge per arch. Work like Rick Edgecombe's permission vmalloc
       interface [0] becomes easier to address over time.

       [0] https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/20201120202426.18009-1-rick.p.edgecombe@intel.com/#r

 - Masahiro Yamada's symbol search enhancements

* tag 'modules-5.19-rc1' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/mcgrof/linux: (33 commits)
  module: merge check_exported_symbol() into find_exported_symbol_in_section()
  module: do not binary-search in __ksymtab_gpl if fsa->gplok is false
  module: do not pass opaque pointer for symbol search
  module: show disallowed symbol name for inherit_taint()
  module: fix [e_shstrndx].sh_size=0 OOB access
  module: Introduce module unload taint tracking
  module: Move module_assert_mutex_or_preempt() to internal.h
  module: Make module_flags_taint() accept a module's taints bitmap and usable outside core code
  module.h: simplify MODULE_IMPORT_NS
  powerpc: Select ARCH_WANTS_MODULES_DATA_IN_VMALLOC on book3s/32 and 8xx
  module: Remove module_addr_min and module_addr_max
  module: Add CONFIG_ARCH_WANTS_MODULES_DATA_IN_VMALLOC
  module: Introduce data_layout
  module: Prepare for handling several RB trees
  module: Always have struct mod_tree_root
  module: Rename debug_align() as strict_align()
  module: Rework layout alignment to avoid BUG_ON()s
  module: Move module_enable_x() and frob_text() in strict_rwx.c
  module: Make module_enable_x() independent of CONFIG_ARCH_HAS_STRICT_MODULE_RWX
  module: Move version support into a separate file
  ...
2022-05-26 17:13:43 -07:00
..
.gitignore .gitignore: add SPDX License Identifier 2020-03-25 11:50:48 +01:00
kdb_bp.c kdb: Rename members of struct kdbtab_t 2021-07-27 17:05:06 +01:00
kdb_bt.c kdb: Adopt scheduler's task classification 2021-11-03 17:21:37 +00:00
kdb_cmds kdb: cleanup unused variables missed in the original kdb merge 2011-08-01 13:23:58 -05:00
kdb_debugger.c kdb: Get rid of custom debug heap allocator 2021-07-27 14:46:11 +01:00
kdb_io.c module: Move kdb module related code out of main kdb code 2022-04-05 08:43:04 -07:00
kdb_keyboard.c module: Move kdb module related code out of main kdb code 2022-04-05 08:43:04 -07:00
kdb_main.c Modules updates for v5.19-rc1 2022-05-26 17:13:43 -07:00
kdb_private.h module: Move kdb module related code out of main kdb code 2022-04-05 08:43:04 -07:00
kdb_support.c module: Move kdb module related code out of main kdb code 2022-04-05 08:43:04 -07:00
Makefile kdb: Get rid of broken attempt to print CCVERSION in kdb summary 2019-05-12 09:50:43 +01:00