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Diffstat (limited to 'include/linux/livepatch.h')
| -rw-r--r-- | include/linux/livepatch.h | 24 |
1 files changed, 12 insertions, 12 deletions
diff --git a/include/linux/livepatch.h b/include/linux/livepatch.h index 31db7a05dd36..a8828652f794 100644 --- a/include/linux/livepatch.h +++ b/include/linux/livepatch.h @@ -37,8 +37,9 @@ enum klp_state { * struct klp_func - function structure for live patching * @old_name: name of the function to be patched * @new_func: pointer to the patched function code - * @old_addr: a hint conveying at what address the old function - * can be found (optional, vmlinux patches only) + * @old_sympos: a hint indicating which symbol position the old function + * can be found (optional) + * @old_addr: the address of the function being patched * @kobj: kobject for sysfs resources * @state: tracks function-level patch application state * @stack_node: list node for klp_ops func_stack list @@ -48,16 +49,16 @@ struct klp_func { const char *old_name; void *new_func; /* - * The old_addr field is optional and can be used to resolve - * duplicate symbol names in the vmlinux object. If this - * information is not present, the symbol is located by name - * with kallsyms. If the name is not unique and old_addr is - * not provided, the patch application fails as there is no - * way to resolve the ambiguity. + * The old_sympos field is optional and can be used to resolve + * duplicate symbol names in livepatch objects. If this field is zero, + * it is expected the symbol is unique, otherwise patching fails. If + * this value is greater than zero then that occurrence of the symbol + * in kallsyms for the given object is used. */ - unsigned long old_addr; + unsigned long old_sympos; /* internal */ + unsigned long old_addr; struct kobject kobj; enum klp_state state; struct list_head stack_node; @@ -66,8 +67,7 @@ struct klp_func { /** * struct klp_reloc - relocation structure for live patching * @loc: address where the relocation will be written - * @val: address of the referenced symbol (optional, - * vmlinux patches only) + * @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 @@ -75,7 +75,7 @@ struct klp_func { */ struct klp_reloc { unsigned long loc; - unsigned long val; + unsigned long sympos; unsigned long type; const char *name; int addend; |