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Commit 7044dcff authored by Benno Lossin's avatar Benno Lossin Committed by Miguel Ojeda
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rust: macros: fix soundness issue in `module!` macro



The `module!` macro creates glue code that are called by C to initialize
the Rust modules using the `Module::init` function. Part of this glue
code are the local functions `__init` and `__exit` that are used to
initialize/destroy the Rust module.

These functions are safe and also visible to the Rust mod in which the
`module!` macro is invoked. This means that they can be called by other
safe Rust code. But since they contain `unsafe` blocks that rely on only
being called at the right time, this is a soundness issue.

Wrap these generated functions inside of two private modules, this
guarantees that the public functions cannot be called from the outside.
Make the safe functions `unsafe` and add SAFETY comments.

Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org
Reported-by: default avatarBjörn Roy Baron <bjorn3_gh@protonmail.com>
Closes: https://github.com/Rust-for-Linux/linux/issues/629
Fixes: 1fbde52b

 ("rust: add `macros` crate")
Signed-off-by: default avatarBenno Lossin <benno.lossin@proton.me>
Reviewed-by: default avatarWedson Almeida Filho <walmeida@microsoft.com>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20240401185222.12015-1-benno.lossin@proton.me
[ Moved `THIS_MODULE` out of the private-in-private modules since it
  should remain public, as Dirk Behme noticed [1]. Capitalized comments,
  avoided newline in non-list SAFETY comments and reworded to add
  Reported-by and newline. ]
Link: https://rust-for-linux.zulipchat.com/#narrow/stream/291565-Help/topic/x/near/433512583 [1]
Signed-off-by: default avatarMiguel Ojeda <ojeda@kernel.org>
parent 49ceae68
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