Commit 677d4a5
LoongArch: Fix unreliable stack for live patching
When testing the kernel live patching with "modprobe livepatch-sample",
there is a timeout over 15 seconds from "starting patching transition"
to "patching complete". The dmesg command shows "unreliable stack" for
user tasks in debug mode, here is one of the messages:
livepatch: klp_try_switch_task: bash:1193 has an unreliable stack
The "unreliable stack" is because it can not unwind from do_syscall()
to its previous frame handle_syscall(). It should use fp to find the
original stack top due to secondary stack in do_syscall(), but fp is
not used for some other functions, then fp can not be restored by the
next frame of do_syscall(), so it is necessary to save fp if task is
not current, in order to get the stack top of do_syscall().
Here are the call chains:
klp_enable_patch()
klp_try_complete_transition()
klp_try_switch_task()
klp_check_and_switch_task()
klp_check_stack()
stack_trace_save_tsk_reliable()
arch_stack_walk_reliable()
When executing "rmmod livepatch-sample", there exists a similar issue.
With this patch, it takes a short time for patching and unpatching.
Before:
# modprobe livepatch-sample
# dmesg -T | tail -3
[Sat Sep 6 11:00:20 2025] livepatch: 'livepatch_sample': starting patching transition
[Sat Sep 6 11:00:35 2025] livepatch: signaling remaining tasks
[Sat Sep 6 11:00:36 2025] livepatch: 'livepatch_sample': patching complete
# echo 0 > /sys/kernel/livepatch/livepatch_sample/enabled
# rmmod livepatch_sample
rmmod: ERROR: Module livepatch_sample is in use
# rmmod livepatch_sample
# dmesg -T | tail -3
[Sat Sep 6 11:06:05 2025] livepatch: 'livepatch_sample': starting unpatching transition
[Sat Sep 6 11:06:20 2025] livepatch: signaling remaining tasks
[Sat Sep 6 11:06:21 2025] livepatch: 'livepatch_sample': unpatching complete
After:
# modprobe livepatch-sample
# dmesg -T | tail -2
[Tue Sep 16 16:19:30 2025] livepatch: 'livepatch_sample': starting patching transition
[Tue Sep 16 16:19:31 2025] livepatch: 'livepatch_sample': patching complete
# echo 0 > /sys/kernel/livepatch/livepatch_sample/enabled
# rmmod livepatch_sample
# dmesg -T | tail -2
[Tue Sep 16 16:19:36 2025] livepatch: 'livepatch_sample': starting unpatching transition
[Tue Sep 16 16:19:37 2025] livepatch: 'livepatch_sample': unpatching complete
Cc: [email protected] # v6.9+
Fixes: 199cc14 ("LoongArch: Add kernel livepatching support")
Reported-by: Xi Zhang <[email protected]>
Signed-off-by: Tiezhu Yang <[email protected]>
Signed-off-by: Huacai Chen <[email protected]>1 parent d6d69f0 commit 677d4a5
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