Interface to use for code patching : makes sure the page is writable
between calls to kernel_text_mark_rw() and kernel_text_unmark().
Signed-off-by: Mathieu Desnoyers <[email protected]>
CC: Andi Kleen <[email protected]>
---
arch/i386/mm/init.c | 65 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++--------
include/asm-i386/cacheflush.h | 7 ++++
2 files changed, 60 insertions(+), 12 deletions(-)
Index: linux-2.6-lttng/arch/i386/mm/init.c
===================================================================
--- linux-2.6-lttng.orig/arch/i386/mm/init.c 2007-08-10 16:44:23.000000000 -0400
+++ linux-2.6-lttng/arch/i386/mm/init.c 2007-08-10 16:47:14.000000000 -0400
@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@
#include <linux/memory_hotplug.h>
#include <linux/initrd.h>
#include <linux/cpumask.h>
+#include <linux/kprobes.h>
#include <asm/processor.h>
#include <asm/system.h>
@@ -794,23 +795,15 @@ static int noinline do_test_wp_bit(void)
}
#ifdef CONFIG_DEBUG_RODATA
-
void mark_rodata_ro(void)
{
unsigned long start = PFN_ALIGN(_text);
unsigned long size = PFN_ALIGN(_etext) - start;
-#ifndef CONFIG_KPROBES
-#ifdef CONFIG_HOTPLUG_CPU
- /* It must still be possible to apply SMP alternatives. */
- if (num_possible_cpus() <= 1)
-#endif
- {
- change_page_attr(virt_to_page(start),
- size >> PAGE_SHIFT, PAGE_KERNEL_RX);
- printk("Write protecting the kernel text: %luk\n", size >> 10);
- }
-#endif
+ change_page_attr(virt_to_page(start),
+ size >> PAGE_SHIFT, PAGE_KERNEL_RX);
+ printk("Write protecting the kernel text: %luk\n", size >> 10);
+
start += size;
size = (unsigned long)__end_rodata - start;
change_page_attr(virt_to_page(start),
@@ -826,6 +819,54 @@ void mark_rodata_ro(void)
*/
global_flush_tlb();
}
+
+/**
+ * kernel_text_mark_rw - Change kernel core text flags to RW
+ * @address: location of the code
+ * @len: size of code to mark
+ *
+ * Change kernel text flags to RW. Useful for code patching.
+ */
+
+void __kprobes kernel_text_mark_rw(unsigned long address, size_t len)
+{
+ if (address >= PFN_ALIGN(_text)
+ && (address + len) <= PFN_ALIGN(_etext)) {
+ unsigned long nr_pages;
+ nr_pages = ((address + len) >> PAGE_SHIFT)
+ - (address >> PAGE_SHIFT) + 1;
+ change_page_attr(virt_to_page(address), nr_pages,
+ PAGE_KERNEL_EXEC);
+ mb();
+ global_flush_tlb();
+ mb();
+ }
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(kernel_text_mark_rw);
+
+/**
+ * kernel_text_unmark - Unmap a kernel text rw mapping.
+ * @address: location of the mapping
+ * @len: size of code to mark
+ *
+ * Remove RW flag from kernel text.
+ */
+
+void __kprobes kernel_text_unmark(unsigned long address, size_t len)
+{
+ if (address >= PFN_ALIGN(_text)
+ && (address + len) <= PFN_ALIGN(_etext)) {
+ unsigned long nr_pages;
+ nr_pages = ((address + len) >> PAGE_SHIFT)
+ - (address >> PAGE_SHIFT) + 1;
+ change_page_attr(virt_to_page(address), nr_pages,
+ PAGE_KERNEL_RX);
+ mb();
+ global_flush_tlb();
+ mb();
+ }
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(kernel_text_unmark);
#endif
void free_init_pages(char *what, unsigned long begin, unsigned long end)
Index: linux-2.6-lttng/include/asm-i386/cacheflush.h
===================================================================
--- linux-2.6-lttng.orig/include/asm-i386/cacheflush.h 2007-08-10 16:44:23.000000000 -0400
+++ linux-2.6-lttng/include/asm-i386/cacheflush.h 2007-08-10 16:44:46.000000000 -0400
@@ -34,6 +34,13 @@ void kernel_map_pages(struct page *page,
#ifdef CONFIG_DEBUG_RODATA
void mark_rodata_ro(void);
+
+/* mark kernel text pages writable */
+extern void kernel_text_mark_rw(unsigned long address, size_t len);
+extern void kernel_text_unmark(unsigned long address, size_t len);
+#else
+void kernel_text_mark_rw(unsigned long address, size_t len) { }
+void kernel_text_unmark(unsigned long address, size_t len) { }
#endif
#endif /* _I386_CACHEFLUSH_H */
--
Mathieu Desnoyers
Computer Engineering Ph.D. Student, Ecole Polytechnique de Montreal
OpenPGP key fingerprint: 8CD5 52C3 8E3C 4140 715F BA06 3F25 A8FE 3BAE 9A68
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