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Petr Mladek d697bad588 livepatch: Remove Nop structures when unused 
Replaced patches are removed from the stack when the transition is
finished. It means that Nop structures will never be needed again
and can be removed. Why should we care?

  + Nop structures give the impression that the function is patched
    even though the ftrace handler has no effect.

  + Ftrace handlers do not come for free. They cause slowdown that might
    be visible in some workloads. The ftrace-related slowdown might
    actually be the reason why the function is no longer patched in
    the new cumulative patch. One would expect that cumulative patch
    would help solve these problems as well.

  + Cumulative patches are supposed to replace any earlier version of
    the patch. The amount of NOPs depends on which version was replaced.
    This multiplies the amount of scenarios that might happen.

    One might say that NOPs are innocent. But there are even optimized
    NOP instructions for different processors, for example, see
    arch/x86/kernel/alternative.c. And klp_ftrace_handler() is much
    more complicated.

  + It sounds natural to clean up a mess that is no longer needed.
    It could only be worse if we do not do it.

This patch allows to unpatch and free the dynamic structures independently
when the transition finishes.

The free part is a bit tricky because kobject free callbacks are called
asynchronously. We could not wait for them easily. Fortunately, we do
not have to. Any further access can be avoided by removing them from
the dynamic lists.

Signed-off-by: Petr Mladek <pmladek@suse.com>
Acked-by: Miroslav Benes <mbenes@suse.cz>
Acked-by: Josh Poimboeuf <jpoimboe@redhat.com>
Signed-off-by: Jiri Kosina <jkosina@suse.cz>
2019-01-11 20:51:24 +01:00
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bpf Remove 'type' argument from access_ok() function 2019-01-03 18:57:57 -08:00
cgroup Merge branch 'for-4.21' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tj/cgroup 2018-12-29 10:57:20 -08:00
configs kvm_config: add CONFIG_VIRTIO_MENU 2018-10-24 20:55:56 -04:00
debug kdb: use bool for binary state indicators 2018-12-30 08:31:52 +00:00
dma DMA mapping updates for Linux 4.21 2018-12-28 14:12:21 -08:00
events Remove 'type' argument from access_ok() function 2019-01-03 18:57:57 -08:00
gcov
irq genirq/affinity: Add is_managed to struct irq_affinity_desc 2018-12-19 11:32:08 +01:00
livepatch livepatch: Remove Nop structures when unused 2019-01-11 20:51:24 +01:00
locking kernel/locking/mutex.c: remove caller signal_pending branch predictions 2019-01-04 13:13:48 -08:00
power mm: convert totalram_pages and totalhigh_pages variables to atomic 2018-12-28 12:11:47 -08:00
printk Remove 'type' argument from access_ok() function 2019-01-03 18:57:57 -08:00
rcu rcutorture: Don't do busted forward-progress testing 2018-12-01 12:45:42 -08:00
sched Merge branch 'akpm' (patches from Andrew) 2019-01-05 09:16:18 -08:00
time y2038: more syscalls and cleanups 2018-12-28 12:45:04 -08:00
trace Remove 'type' argument from access_ok() function 2019-01-03 18:57:57 -08:00
.gitignore
acct.c
async.c
audit.c audit: remove duplicated include from audit.c 2018-12-14 12:09:30 -05:00
audit.h audit: use current whenever possible 2018-11-26 18:41:21 -05:00
audit_fsnotify.c audit: minimize our use of audit_log_format() 2018-11-26 18:40:00 -05:00
audit_tree.c audit: minimize our use of audit_log_format() 2018-11-26 18:40:00 -05:00
audit_watch.c audit: minimize our use of audit_log_format() 2018-11-26 18:40:00 -05:00
auditfilter.c
auditsc.c audit: use current whenever possible 2018-11-26 18:41:21 -05:00
backtracetest.c
bounds.c kbuild: fix kernel/bounds.c 'W=1' warning 2018-10-31 08:54:14 -07:00
capability.c
compat.c make 'user_access_begin()' do 'access_ok()' 2019-01-04 12:56:09 -08:00
configs.c
context_tracking.c
cpu.c x86/speculation: Rework SMT state change 2018-11-28 11:57:07 +01:00
cpu_pm.c
crash_core.c kernel/crash_core.c: print timestamp using time64_t 2018-08-22 10:52:47 -07:00
crash_dump.c
cred.c cred: export get_task_cred(). 2018-12-19 13:52:44 -05:00
delayacct.c delayacct: track delays from thrashing cache pages 2018-10-26 16:26:32 -07:00
dma.c
elfcore.c
exec_domain.c
exit.c make 'user_access_begin()' do 'access_ok()' 2019-01-04 12:56:09 -08:00
extable.c
fail_function.c kernel/fail_function.c: remove meaningless null pointer check before debugfs_remove_recursive 2018-10-31 08:54:12 -07:00
fork.c fork: fix some -Wmissing-prototypes warnings 2019-01-04 13:13:47 -08:00
freezer.c PM / reboot: Eliminate race between reboot and suspend 2018-08-06 12:35:20 +02:00
futex.c Remove 'type' argument from access_ok() function 2019-01-03 18:57:57 -08:00
groups.c kernel: make groups_sort calling a responsibility group_info allocators 2017-12-14 16:00:49 -08:00
hung_task.c kernel/hung_task.c: break RCU locks based on jiffies 2019-01-04 13:13:45 -08:00
iomem.c memremap: split devm_memremap_pages() and memremap() infrastructure 2018-05-15 23:08:33 -07:00
irq_work.c
jump_label.c Merge branch 'x86/build' into locking/core, to pick up dependent patches and unify jump-label work 2018-10-16 17:30:11 +02:00
kallsyms.c kallsyms: reduce size a little on 64-bit 2018-09-10 22:54:33 +09:00
kcmp.c
Kconfig.freezer
Kconfig.hz
Kconfig.locks
Kconfig.preempt kconfig: warn no new line at end of file 2018-12-15 17:44:35 +09:00
kcov.c kernel/kcov.c: mark write_comp_data() as notrace 2019-01-04 13:13:47 -08:00
kexec.c kexec: add call to LSM hook in original kexec_load syscall 2018-07-16 12:31:57 -07:00
kexec_core.c mm: convert totalram_pages and totalhigh_pages variables to atomic 2018-12-28 12:11:47 -08:00
kexec_file.c kexec_file: kexec_walk_memblock() only walks a dedicated region at kdump 2018-12-06 14:38:50 +00:00
kexec_internal.h
kmod.c
kprobes.c Merge branch 'perf-core-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip 2018-12-26 14:45:18 -08:00
ksysfs.c
kthread.c Merge branch 'sched-core-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip 2018-08-13 11:25:07 -07:00
latencytop.c
Makefile y2038: more syscalls and cleanups 2018-12-28 12:45:04 -08:00
memremap.c mm/hmm: fix memremap.h, move dev_page_fault_t callback to hmm 2018-12-28 12:11:52 -08:00
module-internal.h
module.c Driver core patches for 4.21-rc1 2018-12-28 20:44:29 -08:00
module_signing.c modsign: use all trusted keys to verify module signature 2018-11-07 14:41:41 +01:00
notifier.c
nsproxy.c
padata.c padata: clean an indentation issue, remove extraneous space 2018-11-16 14:11:04 +08:00
panic.c kernel/sysctl: add panic_print into sysctl 2019-01-04 13:13:47 -08:00
params.c
pid.c Fix failure path in alloc_pid() 2018-12-28 12:42:30 -08:00
pid_namespace.c signal: Use group_send_sig_info to kill all processes in a pid namespace 2018-09-16 16:08:25 +02:00
profile.c mm: remove include/linux/bootmem.h 2018-10-31 08:54:16 -07:00
ptrace.c Remove 'type' argument from access_ok() function 2019-01-03 18:57:57 -08:00
range.c
reboot.c kernel/reboot.c: export pm_power_off_prepare 2018-09-11 16:13:24 +01:00
relay.c
resource.c kernel, resource: check for IORESOURCE_SYSRAM in release_mem_region_adjustable 2018-12-28 12:11:49 -08:00
rseq.c Remove 'type' argument from access_ok() function 2019-01-03 18:57:57 -08:00
seccomp.c seccomp: fix poor type promotion 2018-12-13 16:49:01 -08:00
signal.c Remove 'type' argument from access_ok() function 2019-01-03 18:57:57 -08:00
smp.c smp,cpumask: introduce on_each_cpu_cond_mask 2018-10-09 16:51:11 +02:00
smpboot.c
smpboot.h
softirq.c Merge branch 'irq-core-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip 2018-10-25 11:43:47 -07:00
stackleak.c stackleak: Mark stackleak_track_stack() as notrace 2018-12-05 19:31:44 -08:00
stacktrace.c
stop_machine.c Merge branch 'sched-core-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip 2018-08-13 11:25:07 -07:00
sys.c Remove 'type' argument from access_ok() function 2019-01-03 18:57:57 -08:00
sys_ni.c y2038: socket: Add compat_sys_recvmmsg_time64 2018-12-18 16:13:04 +01:00
sysctl.c kernel/sysctl: add panic_print into sysctl 2019-01-04 13:13:47 -08:00
sysctl_binary.c kernel/sysctl: add panic_print into sysctl 2019-01-04 13:13:47 -08:00
task_work.c
taskstats.c
test_kprobes.c
torture.c torture: Remove unnecessary "ret" variables 2018-12-01 12:45:35 -08:00
tracepoint.c tracing: Replace synchronize_sched() and call_rcu_sched() 2018-11-27 09:21:41 -08:00
tsacct.c
ucount.c
uid16.c
uid16.h
umh.c umh: Add command line to user mode helpers 2018-10-22 19:37:36 -07:00
up.c smp,cpumask: introduce on_each_cpu_cond_mask 2018-10-09 16:51:11 +02:00
user-return-notifier.c
user.c userns: use irqsave variant of refcount_dec_and_lock() 2018-08-22 10:52:47 -07:00
user_namespace.c userns: also map extents in the reverse map to kernel IDs 2018-11-07 23:51:16 -06:00
utsname.c
utsname_sysctl.c sys: don't hold uts_sem while accessing userspace memory 2018-08-11 02:05:53 -05:00
watchdog.c watchdog: Mark watchdog touch functions as notrace 2018-08-30 12:56:40 +02:00
watchdog_hld.c watchdog: Mark watchdog touch functions as notrace 2018-08-30 12:56:40 +02:00
workqueue.c workqueue: Replace call_rcu_sched() with call_rcu() 2018-11-27 09:21:44 -08:00
workqueue_internal.h