[PATCH RFC tip/core/rcu 0/4] Forbid static SRCU use in modules

[Mathieu Desnoyers]

----- On Apr 7, 2019, at 9:59 AM, paulmck paulmck at linux.ibm.com wrote:

> On Sun, Apr 07, 2019 at 06:39:41AM -0700, Paul E. McKenney wrote:
>> On Sat, Apr 06, 2019 at 07:06:13PM -0400, Joel Fernandes wrote:
> 
> [ . . . ]
> 
>> > > diff --git a/include/asm-generic/vmlinux.lds.h
>> > > b/include/asm-generic/vmlinux.lds.h
>> > > index f8f6f04c4453..c2d919a1566e 100644
>> > > --- a/include/asm-generic/vmlinux.lds.h
>> > > +++ b/include/asm-generic/vmlinux.lds.h
>> > > @@ -338,6 +338,10 @@
>> > >  		KEEP(*(__tracepoints_ptrs)) /* Tracepoints: pointer array */ \
>> > >  		__stop___tracepoints_ptrs = .;				\
>> > >  		*(__tracepoints_strings)/* Tracepoints: strings */	\
>> > > +		. = ALIGN(8);						\
>> > > +		__start___srcu_struct = .;				\
>> > > +		*(___srcu_struct_ptrs)					\
>> > > +		__end___srcu_struct = .;				\
>> > >  	}								\
>> > 
>> > This vmlinux linker modification is not needed. I tested without it and srcu
>> > torture works fine with rcutorture built as a module. Putting further prints
>> > in kernel/module.c verified that the kernel is able to find the srcu structs
>> > just fine. You could squash the below patch into this one or apply it on top
>> > of the dev branch.
>> 
>> Good point, given that otherwise FORTRAN named common blocks would not
>> work.
>> 
>> But isn't one advantage of leaving that stuff in the RO_DATA_SECTION()
>> macro that it can be mapped read-only?  Or am I suffering from excessive
>> optimism?
> 
> And to answer the other question, in the case where I am suffering from
> excessive optimism, it should be a separate commit.  Please see below
> for the updated original commit thus far.
> 
> And may I have your Tested-by?

Just to confirm: does the cleanup performed in the modules going
notifier end up acting as a barrier first before freeing the memory ?
If not, is it explicitly stated that a barrier must be issued before
module unload ?

Thanks,

Mathieu

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Mathieu Desnoyers
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