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From: Chengming Zhou <zhouchengming@bytedance.com>
Date: Sat, 12 Mar 2022 23:22:20 +0800
Subject: livepatch: Don't block removal of patches that are safe to unload
Git-commit: 2957308343fa7c621df9f342fab88cb970b8d5f3
Patch-mainline: v5.18-rc1
References: bsc#1071995

module_put() is not called for a patch with "forced" flag. It should
block the removal of the livepatch module when the code might still
be in use after forced transition.

klp_force_transition() currently sets "forced" flag for all patches on
the list.

In fact, any patch can be safely unloaded when it passed through
the consistency model in KLP_UNPATCHED transition.

In other words, the "forced" flag must be set only for livepatches
that are being removed. In particular, set the "forced" flag:

  + only for klp_transition_patch when the transition to KLP_UNPATCHED
    state was forced.

  + all replaced patches when the transition to KLP_PATCHED state was
    forced and the patch was replacing the existing patches.

Signed-off-by: Chengming Zhou <zhouchengming@bytedance.com>
Acked-by: Joe Lawrence <joe.lawrence@redhat.com>
Reviewed-by: Petr Mladek <pmladek@suse.com>
Tested-by: Petr Mladek <pmladek@suse.com>
[mbenes@suse.cz: wording improvements]
Signed-off-by: Petr Mladek <pmladek@suse.com>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20220312152220.88127-1-zhouchengming@bytedance.com

Acked-by: Miroslav Benes <mbenes@suse.cz>
---
 kernel/livepatch/transition.c | 11 +++++++++--
 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/kernel/livepatch/transition.c b/kernel/livepatch/transition.c
index 5683ac0d2566..77ef45a1e0a3 100644
--- a/kernel/livepatch/transition.c
+++ b/kernel/livepatch/transition.c
@@ -641,6 +641,13 @@ void klp_force_transition(void)
 	for_each_possible_cpu(cpu)
 		klp_update_patch_state(idle_task(cpu));
 
-	klp_for_each_patch(patch)
-		patch->forced = true;
+	/* Set forced flag for patches being removed. */
+	if (klp_target_state == KLP_UNPATCHED)
+		klp_transition_patch->forced = true;
+	else if (klp_transition_patch->replace) {
+		klp_for_each_patch(patch) {
+			if (patch != klp_transition_patch)
+				patch->forced = true;
+		}
+	}
 }