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x86-64: Allow alternative patching in the vDSO

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This code is short enough and different enough from the module
loader that it's not worth trying to share anything.

Signed-off-by: Andy Lutomirski <luto@mit.edu>
Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/e73112e4381fff29e31b882c2d0856822edaea53.1310563276.git.luto@mit.edu
Signed-off-by: H. Peter Anvin <hpa@linux.intel.com>
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Andy Lutomirski 2011-07-13 09:24:11 -04:00 committed by H. Peter Anvin
parent 59e97e4d6f
commit 1b3f2a72bb
1 changed files with 33 additions and 0 deletions
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arch/x86/vdso/vma.c
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@ -23,11 +23,44 @@ extern unsigned short vdso_sync_cpuid;
static struct page **vdso_pages;
static unsigned vdso_size;
static void __init patch_vdso(void *vdso, size_t len)
{
Elf64_Ehdr *hdr = vdso;
Elf64_Shdr *sechdrs, *alt_sec = 0;
char *secstrings;
void *alt_data;
int i;
BUG_ON(len < sizeof(Elf64_Ehdr));
BUG_ON(memcmp(hdr->e_ident, ELFMAG, SELFMAG) != 0);
sechdrs = (void *)hdr + hdr->e_shoff;
secstrings = (void *)hdr + sechdrs[hdr->e_shstrndx].sh_offset;
for (i = 1; i < hdr->e_shnum; i++) {
Elf64_Shdr *shdr = &sechdrs[i];
if (!strcmp(secstrings + shdr->sh_name, ".altinstructions")) {
alt_sec = shdr;
goto found;
}
}
/* If we get here, it's probably a bug. */
pr_warning("patch_vdso: .altinstructions not found\n");
return; /* nothing to patch */
found:
alt_data = (void *)hdr + alt_sec->sh_offset;
apply_alternatives(alt_data, alt_data + alt_sec->sh_size);
}
static int __init init_vdso_vars(void)
{
int npages = (vdso_end - vdso_start + PAGE_SIZE - 1) / PAGE_SIZE;
int i;
patch_vdso(vdso_start, vdso_end - vdso_start);
vdso_size = npages << PAGE_SHIFT;
vdso_pages = kmalloc(sizeof(struct page *) * npages, GFP_KERNEL);
if (!vdso_pages)