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2023 Jan 26
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[PATCH 2/2] vhost: check for pending livepatches from vhost worker kthreads
...* It would allow to remove the livepatch module even when
* the code still might be in use.
*/
void klp_update_patch_state_safe(struct task_struct *task, void *caller_addr)
{
static bool checked;
static bool safe;
if (unlikely(!checked)) {
struct module *mod;
preempt_disable();
mod = __module_address(caller_addr);
if (!mod || !is_livepatch_module(mod))
safe = true;
checked = true;
preempt_enable();
}
if (safe)
klp_update_patch_state(task);
}
and use in vhost_worker()
if (unlikely(klp_patch_pending(current)))
klp_update_patch_state_safe(current, vhost_worker);
Even better m...