From: Sebastian Andrzej Siewior <bigeasy@linutronix.de> Date: Wed, 8 Jan 2025 10:04:43 +0100 Subject: [PATCH 14/28] module: Use RCU in all users of __module_address(). __module_address() can be invoked within a RCU section, there is no requirement to have preemption disabled. Replace the preempt_disable() section around __module_address() with RCU. Acked-by: Peter Zijlstra (Intel) <peterz@infradead.org> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20250108090457.512198-15-bigeasy@linutronix.de Signed-off-by: Sebastian Andrzej Siewior <bigeasy@linutronix.de> --- include/linux/kallsyms.h | 3 +-- kernel/module/kallsyms.c | 5 +---- kernel/module/main.c | 9 ++------- 3 files changed, 4 insertions(+), 13 deletions(-) @ include/linux/kallsyms.h:58 @ static inline void *dereference_symbol_d if (is_ksym_addr((unsigned long)ptr)) return ptr; - preempt_disable(); + guard(rcu)(); mod = __module_address((unsigned long)ptr); if (mod) ptr = dereference_module_function_descriptor(mod, ptr); - preempt_enable(); #endif return ptr; } --- a/kernel/module/kallsyms.c +++ b/kernel/module/kallsyms.c @ include/linux/kallsyms.h:319 @ void * __weak dereference_module_functio /* * For kallsyms to ask for address resolution. NULL means not found. Careful - * not to lock to avoid deadlock on oopses, simply disable preemption. + * not to lock to avoid deadlock on oopses, RCU is enough. */ int module_address_lookup(unsigned long addr, unsigned long *size, @ include/linux/kallsyms.h:333 @ int module_address_lookup(unsigned long struct module *mod; guard(rcu)(); - preempt_disable(); mod = __module_address(addr); if (mod) { if (modname) @ include/linux/kallsyms.h:350 @ int module_address_lookup(unsigned long if (sym) ret = strscpy(namebuf, sym, KSYM_NAME_LEN); } - preempt_enable(); - return ret; } --- a/kernel/module/main.c +++ b/kernel/module/main.c @ include/linux/kallsyms.h:3734 @ const struct exception_table_entry *sear */ bool is_module_address(unsigned long addr) { - bool ret; - - preempt_disable(); - ret = __module_address(addr) != NULL; - preempt_enable(); - - return ret; + guard(rcu)(); + return __module_address(addr) != NULL; } /**