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Commit 2a5bfe47 authored by Steven Rostedt (VMware)'s avatar Steven Rostedt (VMware)
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ftrace: Zero out ftrace hashes when a module is removed



When a ftrace filter has a module function, and that module is removed, the
filter still has its address as being enabled. This can cause interesting
side effects. Nothing dangerous, but unwanted functions can be traced
because of it.

 # cd /sys/kernel/tracing
 # echo ':mod:snd_seq' > set_ftrace_filter
 # cat set_ftrace_filter
snd_use_lock_sync_helper [snd_seq]
check_event_type_and_length [snd_seq]
snd_seq_ioctl_pversion [snd_seq]
snd_seq_ioctl_client_id [snd_seq]
snd_seq_ioctl_get_queue_tempo [snd_seq]
update_timestamp_of_queue [snd_seq]
snd_seq_ioctl_get_queue_status [snd_seq]
snd_seq_set_queue_tempo [snd_seq]
snd_seq_ioctl_set_queue_tempo [snd_seq]
snd_seq_ioctl_get_queue_timer [snd_seq]
seq_free_client1 [snd_seq]
[..]
 # rmmod snd_seq
 # cat set_ftrace_filter

 # modprobe kvm
 # cat set_ftrace_filter
kvm_set_cr4 [kvm]
kvm_emulate_hypercall [kvm]
kvm_set_dr [kvm]

This is because removing the snd_seq module after it was being filtered,
left the address of the snd_seq functions in the hash. When the kvm module
was loaded, some of its functions were loaded at the same address as the
snd_seq module. This would enable them to be filtered and traced.

Now we don't want to clear the hash completely. That would cause removing a
module where only its functions are filtered, to cause the tracing to enable
all functions, as an empty filter means to trace all functions. Instead,
just set the hash ip address to zero. Then it will never match any function.

Signed-off-by: default avatarSteven Rostedt (VMware) <rostedt@goodmis.org>
parent 065e63f9
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