Messages in this thread | | | Date | Wed, 11 Oct 2023 11:41:56 +0530 | From | Joey Jiao <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH] module: Add CONFIG_MODULE_LOAD_IN_SEQUENCE option |
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Thanks Luis, will recheck these two points.
On Tue, Oct 10, 2023 at 07:21:13PM -0700, Luis Chamberlain wrote: > Please find a good email client to reply to patches. > > On Wed, Oct 11, 2023 at 01:57:58AM +0000, Joey Jiao (QUIC) wrote: > > Hi Luis, > > > > > How is ignoring an error ensuring ordering? > > The change is just to disable the schedule_work. > > That's different and can be made clearer. Try: > > if (!IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_FOO)) > schedule_stuff > > > > Why are you making this only now be called with this new kconfig option? > > This sequence loading is especially helpful for syzkaller coverage decoding. > > When kaslr is disabled, address inside core kernel is fixed, so syzkaller can always get right function/line number from addr2line. > > But module address keeps change across rebooting, in first booting, it might be loaded at X1, and at X2 after reboot, and at X3 after another reboot. > > In this way, syzkaller just can't decode correctly for module address. And syzkaller currently uses PC and branch info for coverage guided things. > > > > There was a discussion previously here https://groups.google.com/g/syzkaller/c/1Pnm_BjrZO8/m/WOyAKx8ZAgAJ for modprobe. > > You are missing my point, you are disabling in effect a piece of code > where it was not before. > > Luis
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