Re: [PATCH v2 2/2] dyndbg: use the module notifier callbacks
From: Luis Chamberlain <mcgrof@kernel.org>
Date: 2023-02-28 20:44:55
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On Tue, Feb 28, 2023 at 02:35:02PM -0500, Jason Baron wrote:
As part of Jim Cromie's new dynamic debug classmap feature, the new code tries to toggle a jump label from dynamic_debug_setup(). However, dynamic_debug_setup() is called before the 'module_notify_list' notifier chain is invoked. And jump labels are initialized via the module notifier chain. Note this is an issue for a new feature not yet merged and doesn't affect any existing codepaths.
I think we can summarize this to "in preperation for some future work where ordering matters with respect to jump labels" or something like that. Because that is then making it specific to the future use case and creates the current justification.
We could just move dynamic_debug_setup() earlier in load_module(). But let's instead ensure the ordering via the 'priority' in the module list notifier.
"becuase the notifier for jump labels jump_label_module_nb uses a priority of 1" or something like that would be nice to get added.
This brings dynamic debug more in line with other subsystems and pulls code out of the core module code.
This should be the main reason for this change, as explained in the commit log. A secondary benefit would be it fixes the first future bug mentioned. With those changes I can take this into modules-next to start getting this tested sooner rather than later. Luis