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Livepatching a loaded module involves applying relocations through
apply_relocate_add(), which attempts to write to read-only memory when
CONFIG_STRICT_MODULE_RWX=y. Work around this by performing these
writes through the text poke area by using patch_instruction().
R_PPC_REL24 is the only relocation type generated by the kpatch-build
userspace tool or klp-convert kernel tree that I observed applying a
relocation to a post-init module.
A more comprehensive solution is planned, but using patch_instruction()
for R_PPC_REL24 on should serve as a sufficient fix.
This does have a performance impact, I observed ~15% overhead in
module_load() on POWER8 bare metal with checksum verification off.
Fixes: c35717c71e98 ("powerpc: Set ARCH_HAS_STRICT_MODULE_RWX")
Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org # v5.14+
Reported-by: Joe Lawrence <joe.lawrence@redhat.com>
Signed-off-by: Russell Currey <ruscur@russell.cc>
Tested-by: Joe Lawrence <joe.lawrence@redhat.com>
[mpe: Check return codes from patch_instruction()]
Signed-off-by: Michael Ellerman <mpe@ellerman.id.au>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20211214121248.777249-1-mpe@ellerman.id.au
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