From 7162431dcf72032835d369c8d7b51311df407938 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Miroslav Benes Date: Wed, 16 Oct 2019 13:33:13 +0200 Subject: ftrace: Introduce PERMANENT ftrace_ops flag Livepatch uses ftrace for redirection to new patched functions. It means that if ftrace is disabled, all live patched functions are disabled as well. Toggling global 'ftrace_enabled' sysctl thus affect it directly. It is not a problem per se, because only administrator can set sysctl values, but it still may be surprising. Introduce PERMANENT ftrace_ops flag to amend this. If the FTRACE_OPS_FL_PERMANENT is set on any ftrace ops, the tracing cannot be disabled by disabling ftrace_enabled. Equally, a callback with the flag set cannot be registered if ftrace_enabled is disabled. Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/20191016113316.13415-2-mbenes@suse.cz Reviewed-by: Petr Mladek Reviewed-by: Kamalesh Babulal Signed-off-by: Miroslav Benes Signed-off-by: Steven Rostedt (VMware) --- kernel/livepatch/patch.c | 3 ++- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) (limited to 'kernel/livepatch/patch.c') diff --git a/kernel/livepatch/patch.c b/kernel/livepatch/patch.c index bd43537702bd..b552cf2d85f8 100644 --- a/kernel/livepatch/patch.c +++ b/kernel/livepatch/patch.c @@ -196,7 +196,8 @@ static int klp_patch_func(struct klp_func *func) ops->fops.func = klp_ftrace_handler; ops->fops.flags = FTRACE_OPS_FL_SAVE_REGS | FTRACE_OPS_FL_DYNAMIC | - FTRACE_OPS_FL_IPMODIFY; + FTRACE_OPS_FL_IPMODIFY | + FTRACE_OPS_FL_PERMANENT; list_add(&ops->node, &klp_ops); -- cgit v1.2.3