[for-linus][PATCH 4/7] tracepoint: Allow trace events in modules with TAINT_TEST

From: Steven Rostedt
Date: Wed Sep 07 2022 - 12:15:49 EST


From: Alison Schofield <alison.schofield@xxxxxxxxx>

Commit 2852ca7fba9f ("panic: Taint kernel if tests are run")
introduced a new taint type, TAINT_TEST, to signal that an
in-kernel test module has been loaded.

TAINT_TEST taint type defaults into a 'bad_taint' list for
kernel tracing and blocks the creation of trace events. This
causes a problem for CXL testing where loading the cxl_test
module makes all CXL modules out-of-tree, blocking any trace
events.

Trace events are in development for CXL at the moment and this
issue was found in test with v6.0-rc1.

Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20220829171048.263065-1-alison.schofield@xxxxxxxxx

Fixes: 2852ca7fba9f7 ("panic: Taint kernel if tests are run")
Reported-by: Ira Weiny <ira.weiny@xxxxxxxxx>
Suggested-by: Dan Williams <dan.j.williams@xxxxxxxxx>
Tested-by: Ira Weiny <ira.weiny@xxxxxxxxx>
Reviewed-by: David Gow <davidgow@xxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Alison Schofield <alison.schofield@xxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Steven Rostedt (Google) <rostedt@xxxxxxxxxxx>
---
kernel/tracepoint.c | 5 +++--
1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/kernel/tracepoint.c b/kernel/tracepoint.c
index 64ea283f2f86..ef42c1a11920 100644
--- a/kernel/tracepoint.c
+++ b/kernel/tracepoint.c
@@ -571,7 +571,8 @@ static void for_each_tracepoint_range(
bool trace_module_has_bad_taint(struct module *mod)
{
return mod->taints & ~((1 << TAINT_OOT_MODULE) | (1 << TAINT_CRAP) |
- (1 << TAINT_UNSIGNED_MODULE));
+ (1 << TAINT_UNSIGNED_MODULE) |
+ (1 << TAINT_TEST));
}

static BLOCKING_NOTIFIER_HEAD(tracepoint_notify_list);
@@ -647,7 +648,7 @@ static int tracepoint_module_coming(struct module *mod)
/*
* We skip modules that taint the kernel, especially those with different
* module headers (for forced load), to make sure we don't cause a crash.
- * Staging, out-of-tree, and unsigned GPL modules are fine.
+ * Staging, out-of-tree, unsigned GPL, and test modules are fine.
*/
if (trace_module_has_bad_taint(mod))
return 0;
--
2.35.1