Re: [PATCH] module: statically initialize init section freeing data

From: Jessica Yu
Date: Mon Oct 12 2020 - 14:35:04 EST


+++ Daniel Jordan [08/10/20 13:32 -0400]:
Corentin hit the following workqueue warning when running with
CRYPTO_MANAGER_EXTRA_TESTS:

WARNING: CPU: 2 PID: 147 at kernel/workqueue.c:1473 __queue_work+0x3b8/0x3d0
Modules linked in: ghash_generic
CPU: 2 PID: 147 Comm: modprobe Not tainted
5.6.0-rc1-next-20200214-00068-g166c9264f0b1-dirty #545
Hardware name: Pine H64 model A (DT)
pc : __queue_work+0x3b8/0x3d0
Call trace:
__queue_work+0x3b8/0x3d0
queue_work_on+0x6c/0x90
do_init_module+0x188/0x1f0
load_module+0x1d00/0x22b0

I wasn't able to reproduce on x86 or rpi 3b+.

This is

WARN_ON(!list_empty(&work->entry))

from __queue_work(), and it happens because the init_free_wq work item
isn't initialized in time for a crypto test that requests the gcm
module. Some crypto tests were recently moved earlier in boot as
explained in commit c4741b230597 ("crypto: run initcalls for generic
implementations earlier"), which went into mainline less than two weeks
before the Fixes commit.

Avoid the warning by statically initializing init_free_wq and the
corresponding llist.

Link: https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/20200217204803.GA13479@Red/
Fixes: 1a7b7d922081 ("modules: Use vmalloc special flag")
Reported-by: Corentin Labbe <clabbe.montjoie@xxxxxxxxx>
Tested-by: Corentin Labbe <clabbe.montjoie@xxxxxxxxx>
Tested-on: sun50i-h6-pine-h64
Tested-on: imx8mn-ddr4-evk
Tested-on: sun50i-a64-bananapi-m64
Signed-off-by: Daniel Jordan <daniel.m.jordan@xxxxxxxxxx>

Applied, thanks!

Jessica