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SubjectRe: [PATCH] module: make module symbols visible after init
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Hi, Petr, Jessica and Miroslav

Thank you for your reply

On 2020/6/4 16:57, Petr Mladek wrote:
> On Wed 2020-06-03 14:12:00, Cheng Jian wrote:
>
> It is really handful that module symbols can be found already when
> the module is MODULE_STATE_COMING state. It is used by livepatching,
> ftrace, and maybe some other subsystems.

Yes, you are right, I missed this before.

There are many scenes that lookup the symbols of module when the module is

MODULE_STATE_COMING state.

in livepatch:

    klp_module_coming

-=> klp_write_object_relocations

-=> klp_resolve_symbols

-=> module_kallsyms_on_each_symbol

My patch is incorrect.

> The problem is that nobody is allowed to use (call) module symbols
> before mod->init() is called and the module is moved to
> MODULE_STATE_LIVE.
>
> By other words. Any code that calls module symbols before the module
> is fully initialized is buggy. The caller should get fixed,
> not the kallsyms side.
>
> Have you seen such a problem in the real life, please?
>
> Best Regards,
> Petr
>
> .


    Thank you very much.

        -- Cheng Jian.


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