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| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/livepatch/livepatch.rst | 2 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/livepatch/module-elf-format.rst | 13 |
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diff --git a/Documentation/livepatch/livepatch.rst b/Documentation/livepatch/livepatch.rst index 68e3651e8af9..acb90164929e 100644 --- a/Documentation/livepatch/livepatch.rst +++ b/Documentation/livepatch/livepatch.rst @@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ some limitations, see below. 3. Consistency model ==================== -Functions are there for a reason. They take some input parameters, get or +Functions are there for a reason. They take some input parameters, acquire or release locks, read, process, and even write some data in a defined way, have return values. In other words, each function has a defined semantic. diff --git a/Documentation/livepatch/module-elf-format.rst b/Documentation/livepatch/module-elf-format.rst index a03ed02ec57e..5d48778d4dfc 100644 --- a/Documentation/livepatch/module-elf-format.rst +++ b/Documentation/livepatch/module-elf-format.rst @@ -217,16 +217,19 @@ livepatch relocation section refer to their respective symbols with their symbol indices, and the original symbol indices (and thus the symtab ordering) must be preserved in order for apply_relocate_add() to find the right symbol. -For example, take this particular rela from a livepatch module::: +For example, take this particular rela from a livepatch module:: Relocation section '.klp.rela.btrfs.text.btrfs_feature_attr_show' at offset 0x2ba0 contains 4 entries: Offset Info Type Symbol's Value Symbol's Name + Addend 000000000000001f 0000005e00000002 R_X86_64_PC32 0000000000000000 .klp.sym.vmlinux.printk,0 - 4 - This rela refers to the symbol '.klp.sym.vmlinux.printk,0', and the symbol index is encoded - in 'Info'. Here its symbol index is 0x5e, which is 94 in decimal, which refers to the - symbol index 94. - And in this patch module's corresponding symbol table, symbol index 94 refers to that very symbol: +This rela refers to the symbol '.klp.sym.vmlinux.printk,0', and the symbol +index is encoded in 'Info'. Here its symbol index is 0x5e, which is 94 in +decimal, which refers to the symbol index 94. + +And in this patch module's corresponding symbol table, symbol index 94 refers +to that very symbol:: + [ snip ] 94: 0000000000000000 0 NOTYPE GLOBAL DEFAULT OS [0xff20] .klp.sym.vmlinux.printk,0 [ snip ] |