# Re: \[RFC PATCH 3/7\] static\_call: use helper to access non-exported key

- From: Ard Biesheuvel \<ardb@kernel.org\>
- Date: 2021-11-09 18:54:37 
- List: linux-arm-kernel
- Page: https://ratatoskr.run/linux-arm-kernel/2021/11/1567232
- Thread: https://ratatoskr.run/linux-arm-kernel/2021/11/1567125/t.md

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On Tue, 9 Nov 2021 at 19:53, Peter Zijlstra [ref] wrote:
>
> On Tue, Nov 09, 2021 at 05:45:45PM +0100, Ard Biesheuvel wrote:
> > @@ -196,13 +190,21 @@ extern long __static_call_return0(void);
> >       EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(STATIC_CALL_KEY(name));                       \
> >       EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(STATIC_CALL_TRAMP(name))
> >
> > +#define EXPORT_STATIC_CALL_GETKEY_HELPER(name)                               \
> > +     struct static_call_key *STATIC_CALL_GETKEY(name)(void) {        \
> > +             BUG_ON(!core_kernel_text(                               \
> > +                     (unsigned long)__builtin_return_address(0)));   \
> > +             return &STATIC_CALL_KEY(name);                          \
> > +     }                                                               \
> > +     EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(STATIC_CALL_GETKEY(name))
>
> So if I were a nevarious module, I would look up the above symbol from
> kallsyms (it is exported and easily obtainable) and then simply
> read the text to discover the key address and we're in business.
>

Yeah I realised that. So would you prefer to have a
.static_call_tramp_key section in each module and look up the keys in
the module loader?

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