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[PATCH for 5.5 2/2 v2] rseq/selftests: Clarify rseq_prepare_unload() helper requirements

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From: Mathieu Desnoyers <mathieu.desnoyers@efficios.com>
Date: 2019-12-20 20:33:32
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Subsystem: kernel selftest framework, restartable sequences support, the rest · Maintainers: Shuah Khan, Shuah Khan, Mathieu Desnoyers, Peter Zijlstra, "Paul E. McKenney", Boqun Feng, Linus Torvalds

The rseq.h UAPI now documents that the rseq_cs field must be cleared
before reclaiming memory that contains the targeted struct rseq_cs, but
also that the rseq_cs field must be cleared before reclaiming memory of
the code pointed to by the rseq_cs start_ip and post_commit_offset
fields.

While we can expect that use of dlclose(3) will typically unmap
both struct rseq_cs and its associated code at once, nothing would
theoretically prevent a JIT from reclaiming the code without
reclaiming the struct rseq_cs, which would erroneously allow the
kernel to consider new code which is not a rseq critical section
as a rseq critical section following a code reclaim.

Suggested-by: Florian Weimer <redacted>
Signed-off-by: Mathieu Desnoyers <mathieu.desnoyers@efficios.com>
Cc: Shuah Khan <skhan@linuxfoundation.org>
Cc: Florian Weimer <redacted>
Cc: Thomas Gleixner <redacted>
Cc: Peter Zijlstra (Intel) <peterz@infradead.org>
Cc: "Paul E. McKenney" <redacted>
Cc: Boqun Feng <redacted>
Cc: "H . Peter Anvin" <hpa@zytor.com>
Cc: Paul Turner <redacted>
Cc: Dmitry Vyukov <dvyukov@google.com>
---
 tools/testing/selftests/rseq/rseq.h | 12 +++++++-----
 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)
diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/rseq/rseq.h b/tools/testing/selftests/rseq/rseq.h
index d40d60e7499e..3f63eb362b92 100644
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/rseq/rseq.h
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/rseq/rseq.h
@@ -149,11 +149,13 @@ static inline void rseq_clear_rseq_cs(void)
 /*
  * rseq_prepare_unload() should be invoked by each thread executing a rseq
  * critical section at least once between their last critical section and
- * library unload of the library defining the rseq critical section
- * (struct rseq_cs). This also applies to use of rseq in code generated by
- * JIT: rseq_prepare_unload() should be invoked at least once by each
- * thread executing a rseq critical section before reclaim of the memory
- * holding the struct rseq_cs.
+ * library unload of the library defining the rseq critical section (struct
+ * rseq_cs) or the code referred to by the struct rseq_cs start_ip and
+ * post_commit_offset fields. This also applies to use of rseq in code
+ * generated by JIT: rseq_prepare_unload() should be invoked at least once by
+ * each thread executing a rseq critical section before reclaim of the memory
+ * holding the struct rseq_cs or reclaim of the code pointed to by struct
+ * rseq_cs start_ip and post_commit_offset fields.
  */
 static inline void rseq_prepare_unload(void)
 {
-- 
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