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H A Dtransition.c29573083 Sat Mar 12 15:22:20 GMT 2022 Chengming Zhou <zhouchengming@bytedance.com> livepatch: Don't block removal of patches that are safe to unload

module_put() is not called for a patch with "forced" flag. It should
block the removal of the livepatch module when the code might still
be in use after forced transition.

klp_force_transition() currently sets "forced" flag for all patches on
the list.

In fact, any patch can be safely unloaded when it passed through
the consistency model in KLP_UNPATCHED transition.

In other words, the "forced" flag must be set only for livepatches
that are being removed. In particular, set the "forced" flag:

+ only for klp_transition_patch when the transition to KLP_UNPATCHED
state was forced.

+ all replaced patches when the transition to KLP_PATCHED state was
forced and the patch was replacing the existing patches.

Signed-off-by: Chengming Zhou <zhouchengming@bytedance.com>
Acked-by: Joe Lawrence <joe.lawrence@redhat.com>
Reviewed-by: Petr Mladek <pmladek@suse.com>
Tested-by: Petr Mladek <pmladek@suse.com>
[mbenes@suse.cz: wording improvements]
Signed-off-by: Petr Mladek <pmladek@suse.com>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20220312152220.88127-1-zhouchengming@bytedance.com