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| author | Jessica Yu <jeyu@redhat.com> | 2016-03-23 03:03:18 +0300 |
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| committer | Jiri Kosina <jkosina@suse.cz> | 2016-04-01 16:00:11 +0300 |
| commit | 425595a7fc2096ab46c741b5ed5372c5ab5bbeac (patch) | |
| tree | 9cf12348ba352e7679be0aadf370aa0a7bc5509e /include/linux | |
| parent | f31e0960f395df0c9197de53674365e2a28a129b (diff) | |
| download | linux-425595a7fc2096ab46c741b5ed5372c5ab5bbeac.tar.xz | |
livepatch: reuse module loader code to write relocations
Reuse module loader code to write relocations, thereby eliminating the need
for architecture specific relocation code in livepatch. Specifically, reuse
the apply_relocate_add() function in the module loader to write relocations
instead of duplicating functionality in livepatch's arch-dependent
klp_write_module_reloc() function.
In order to accomplish this, livepatch modules manage their own relocation
sections (marked with the SHF_RELA_LIVEPATCH section flag) and
livepatch-specific symbols (marked with SHN_LIVEPATCH symbol section
index). To apply livepatch relocation sections, livepatch symbols
referenced by relocs are resolved and then apply_relocate_add() is called
to apply those relocations.
In addition, remove x86 livepatch relocation code and the s390
klp_write_module_reloc() function stub. They are no longer needed since
relocation work has been offloaded to module loader.
Lastly, mark the module as a livepatch module so that the module loader
canappropriately identify and initialize it.
Signed-off-by: Jessica Yu <jeyu@redhat.com>
Reviewed-by: Miroslav Benes <mbenes@suse.cz>
Acked-by: Josh Poimboeuf <jpoimboe@redhat.com>
Acked-by: Heiko Carstens <heiko.carstens@de.ibm.com> # for s390 changes
Signed-off-by: Jiri Kosina <jkosina@suse.cz>
Diffstat (limited to 'include/linux')
| -rw-r--r-- | include/linux/livepatch.h | 20 |
1 files changed, 0 insertions, 20 deletions
diff --git a/include/linux/livepatch.h b/include/linux/livepatch.h index bd830d590465..0933ca47791c 100644 --- a/include/linux/livepatch.h +++ b/include/linux/livepatch.h @@ -65,27 +65,8 @@ struct klp_func { }; /** - * struct klp_reloc - relocation structure for live patching - * @loc: address where the relocation will be written - * @sympos: position in kallsyms to disambiguate symbols (optional) - * @type: ELF relocation type - * @name: name of the referenced symbol (for lookup/verification) - * @addend: offset from the referenced symbol - * @external: symbol is either exported or within the live patch module itself - */ -struct klp_reloc { - unsigned long loc; - unsigned long sympos; - unsigned long type; - const char *name; - int addend; - int external; -}; - -/** * struct klp_object - kernel object structure for live patching * @name: module name (or NULL for vmlinux) - * @relocs: relocation entries to be applied at load time * @funcs: function entries for functions to be patched in the object * @kobj: kobject for sysfs resources * @mod: kernel module associated with the patched object @@ -95,7 +76,6 @@ struct klp_reloc { struct klp_object { /* external */ const char *name; - struct klp_reloc *relocs; struct klp_func *funcs; /* internal */ |