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VSOCK: make af_vsock.ko removable again

Message ID 20180417062558.18018-1-stefanha@redhat.com
State Accepted, archived
Delegated to: David Miller
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Series VSOCK: make af_vsock.ko removable again | expand

Commit Message

Stefan Hajnoczi April 17, 2018, 6:25 a.m. UTC
Commit c1eef220c1760762753b602c382127bfccee226d ("vsock: always call
vsock_init_tables()") introduced a module_init() function without a
corresponding module_exit() function.

Modules with an init function can only be removed if they also have an
exit function.  Therefore the vsock module was considered "permanent"
and could not be removed.

This patch adds an empty module_exit() function so that "rmmod vsock"
works.  No explicit cleanup is required because:

1. Transports call vsock_core_exit() upon exit and cannot be removed
   while sockets are still alive.
2. vsock_diag.ko does not perform any action that requires cleanup by
   vsock.ko.

Reported-by: Xiumei Mu <xmu@redhat.com>
Cc: Cong Wang <xiyou.wangcong@gmail.com>
Cc: Jorgen Hansen <jhansen@vmware.com>
Signed-off-by: Stefan Hajnoczi <stefanha@redhat.com>
---
 net/vmw_vsock/af_vsock.c | 6 ++++++
 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+)

Comments

Jorgen Hansen April 17, 2018, 8:30 a.m. UTC | #1
> On Apr 17, 2018, at 8:25 AM, Stefan Hajnoczi <stefanha@redhat.com> wrote:
> 
> Commit c1eef220c1760762753b602c382127bfccee226d ("vsock: always call
> vsock_init_tables()") introduced a module_init() function without a
> corresponding module_exit() function.
> 
> Modules with an init function can only be removed if they also have an
> exit function.  Therefore the vsock module was considered "permanent"
> and could not be removed.
> 
> This patch adds an empty module_exit() function so that "rmmod vsock"
> works.  No explicit cleanup is required because:
> 
> 1. Transports call vsock_core_exit() upon exit and cannot be removed
>   while sockets are still alive.
> 2. vsock_diag.ko does not perform any action that requires cleanup by
>   vsock.ko.
> 
> Reported-by: Xiumei Mu <xmu@redhat.com>
> Cc: Cong Wang <xiyou.wangcong@gmail.com>
> Cc: Jorgen Hansen <jhansen@vmware.com>
> Signed-off-by: Stefan Hajnoczi <stefanha@redhat.com>
> ---
> net/vmw_vsock/af_vsock.c | 6 ++++++
> 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+)
> 
> diff --git a/net/vmw_vsock/af_vsock.c b/net/vmw_vsock/af_vsock.c
> index aac9b8f6552e..c1076c19b858 100644
> --- a/net/vmw_vsock/af_vsock.c
> +++ b/net/vmw_vsock/af_vsock.c
> @@ -2018,7 +2018,13 @@ const struct vsock_transport *vsock_core_get_transport(void)
> }
> EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(vsock_core_get_transport);
> 
> +static void __exit vsock_exit(void)
> +{
> +	/* Do nothing.  This function makes this module removable. */
> +}
> +
> module_init(vsock_init_tables);
> +module_exit(vsock_exit);
> 
> MODULE_AUTHOR("VMware, Inc.");
> MODULE_DESCRIPTION("VMware Virtual Socket Family");
> -- 
> 2.14.3
> 

Looks good to me.

Reviewed-by: Jorgen Hansen <jhansen@vmware.com>
David Miller April 17, 2018, 1:45 p.m. UTC | #2
From: Stefan Hajnoczi <stefanha@redhat.com>
Date: Tue, 17 Apr 2018 14:25:58 +0800

> Commit c1eef220c1760762753b602c382127bfccee226d ("vsock: always call
> vsock_init_tables()") introduced a module_init() function without a
> corresponding module_exit() function.
> 
> Modules with an init function can only be removed if they also have an
> exit function.  Therefore the vsock module was considered "permanent"
> and could not be removed.
> 
> This patch adds an empty module_exit() function so that "rmmod vsock"
> works.  No explicit cleanup is required because:
> 
> 1. Transports call vsock_core_exit() upon exit and cannot be removed
>    while sockets are still alive.
> 2. vsock_diag.ko does not perform any action that requires cleanup by
>    vsock.ko.
> 
> Reported-by: Xiumei Mu <xmu@redhat.com>
> Cc: Cong Wang <xiyou.wangcong@gmail.com>
> Cc: Jorgen Hansen <jhansen@vmware.com>
> Signed-off-by: Stefan Hajnoczi <stefanha@redhat.com>

Applied, but please provide a proper Fixes: tag next time.  I added it
for you this time.
Stefan Hajnoczi April 18, 2018, 4:14 a.m. UTC | #3
On Tue, Apr 17, 2018 at 09:45:12AM -0400, David Miller wrote:
> From: Stefan Hajnoczi <stefanha@redhat.com>
> Date: Tue, 17 Apr 2018 14:25:58 +0800
> 
> > Commit c1eef220c1760762753b602c382127bfccee226d ("vsock: always call
> > vsock_init_tables()") introduced a module_init() function without a
> > corresponding module_exit() function.
> > 
> > Modules with an init function can only be removed if they also have an
> > exit function.  Therefore the vsock module was considered "permanent"
> > and could not be removed.
> > 
> > This patch adds an empty module_exit() function so that "rmmod vsock"
> > works.  No explicit cleanup is required because:
> > 
> > 1. Transports call vsock_core_exit() upon exit and cannot be removed
> >    while sockets are still alive.
> > 2. vsock_diag.ko does not perform any action that requires cleanup by
> >    vsock.ko.
> > 
> > Reported-by: Xiumei Mu <xmu@redhat.com>
> > Cc: Cong Wang <xiyou.wangcong@gmail.com>
> > Cc: Jorgen Hansen <jhansen@vmware.com>
> > Signed-off-by: Stefan Hajnoczi <stefanha@redhat.com>
> 
> Applied, but please provide a proper Fixes: tag next time.  I added it
> for you this time.

Will do.  Thanks!

Stefan
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diff --git a/net/vmw_vsock/af_vsock.c b/net/vmw_vsock/af_vsock.c
index aac9b8f6552e..c1076c19b858 100644
--- a/net/vmw_vsock/af_vsock.c
+++ b/net/vmw_vsock/af_vsock.c
@@ -2018,7 +2018,13 @@  const struct vsock_transport *vsock_core_get_transport(void)
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(vsock_core_get_transport);
 
+static void __exit vsock_exit(void)
+{
+	/* Do nothing.  This function makes this module removable. */
+}
+
 module_init(vsock_init_tables);
+module_exit(vsock_exit);
 
 MODULE_AUTHOR("VMware, Inc.");
 MODULE_DESCRIPTION("VMware Virtual Socket Family");