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Jessica Yu 425595a7fc 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>

2016-04-01 15:00:11 +02:00

bpf

bpf: samples: exclude asm/sysreg.h for arm64

2015-11-16 14:40:49 -05:00

configfs

configfs: remove old API

2015-10-13 22:17:57 -07:00

hidraw

HID: samples/hidraw: make it possible to select device

2015-03-15 10:11:21 -04:00

hw_breakpoint

perf: Add context field to perf_event