Messages in this thread | | | From | David Gow <> | Date | Sat, 27 Aug 2022 09:09:54 +0800 | Subject | Re: [PATCH] tracepoint: Allow trace events in modules with TAINT_TEST |
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On Sat, Aug 27, 2022 at 8:02 AM Alison Schofield <alison.schofield@intel.com> wrote: > > + David Gow - Submitter of the new taint type > > On Fri, Aug 26, 2022 at 03:35:11PM -0700, alison.schofield@intel.com wrote: > > From: Alison Schofield <alison.schofield@intel.com> > > > > Commit 2852ca7fba9f ("panic: Taint kernel if tests are run") > > introduced a new taint type, TAINT_TEST, to signal that an > > in-kernel test has been run. > > > > TAINT_TEST taint type defaults into a 'bad_taint' list for > > kernel tracing and blocks the creation of trace events. This > > causes a problem for CXL testing where loading the cxl_test > > module makes all CXL modules out-of-tree, blocking any trace > > events. > > > > Trace events are in development for CXL at the moment and this > > issue was found in test with v6.0-rc1. > > > > Reported-by: Ira Weiny <ira.weiny@intel.com> > > Suggested-by: Dan Williams <dan.j.williams@intel.com> > > Signed-off-by: Alison Schofield <alison.schofield@intel.com> > > ---
This seems fine to me: thanks for catching it. Test modules should be safe enough to load for this.
Does the comment in tracepoint_module_coming() need updating as well? https://elixir.bootlin.com/linux/v6.0-rc2/source/kernel/tracepoint.c#L650
Regardless, this is Reviewed-by: David Gow <davidgow@google.com>
Cheers, -- David
> > kernel/tracepoint.c | 3 ++- > > 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) > > > > diff --git a/kernel/tracepoint.c b/kernel/tracepoint.c > > index 64ea283f2f86..5f17378c9dc2 100644 > > --- a/kernel/tracepoint.c > > +++ b/kernel/tracepoint.c > > @@ -571,7 +571,8 @@ static void for_each_tracepoint_range( > > bool trace_module_has_bad_taint(struct module *mod) > > { > > return mod->taints & ~((1 << TAINT_OOT_MODULE) | (1 << TAINT_CRAP) | > > - (1 << TAINT_UNSIGNED_MODULE)); > > + (1 << TAINT_UNSIGNED_MODULE) | > > + (1 << TAINT_TEST)); > > } > > > > static BLOCKING_NOTIFIER_HEAD(tracepoint_notify_list); > > > > base-commit: 4c612826bec1441214816827979b62f84a097e91 > > -- > > 2.31.1 > >
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