From 1d05334d2899bd3ecdf01beb53f0a70884a7f471 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Peter Zijlstra Date: Wed, 29 Apr 2020 10:24:45 -0500 Subject: livepatch: Remove .klp.arch After the previous patch, vmlinux-specific KLP relocations are now applied early during KLP module load. This means that .klp.arch sections are no longer needed for *vmlinux-specific* KLP relocations. One might think they're still needed for *module-specific* KLP relocations. If a to-be-patched module is loaded *after* its corresponding KLP module is loaded, any corresponding KLP relocations will be delayed until the to-be-patched module is loaded. If any special sections (.parainstructions, for example) rely on those relocations, their initializations (apply_paravirt) need to be done afterwards. Thus the apparent need for arch_klp_init_object_loaded() and its corresponding .klp.arch sections -- it allows some of the special section initializations to be done at a later time. But... if you look closer, that dependency between the special sections and the module-specific KLP relocations doesn't actually exist in reality. Looking at the contents of the .altinstructions and .parainstructions sections, there's not a realistic scenario in which a KLP module's .altinstructions or .parainstructions section needs to access a symbol in a to-be-patched module. It might need to access a local symbol or even a vmlinux symbol; but not another module's symbol. When a special section needs to reference a local or vmlinux symbol, a normal rela can be used instead of a KLP rela. Since the special section initializations don't actually have any real dependency on module-specific KLP relocations, .klp.arch and arch_klp_init_object_loaded() no longer have a reason to exist. So remove them. As Peter said much more succinctly: So the reason for .klp.arch was that .klp.rela.* stuff would overwrite paravirt instructions. If that happens you're doing it wrong. Those RELAs are core kernel, not module, and thus should've happened in .rela.* sections at patch-module loading time. Reverting this removes the two apply_{paravirt,alternatives}() calls from the late patching path, and means we don't have to worry about them when removing module_disable_ro(). [ jpoimboe: Rewrote patch description. Tweaked klp_init_object_loaded() error path. ] Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra (Intel) Signed-off-by: Josh Poimboeuf Acked-by: Peter Zijlstra (Intel) Acked-by: Joe Lawrence Acked-by: Miroslav Benes Signed-off-by: Jiri Kosina --- arch/x86/kernel/livepatch.c | 53 --------------------------------------------- 1 file changed, 53 deletions(-) delete mode 100644 arch/x86/kernel/livepatch.c (limited to 'arch/x86/kernel/livepatch.c') diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/livepatch.c b/arch/x86/kernel/livepatch.c deleted file mode 100644 index 6a68e41206e7..000000000000 --- a/arch/x86/kernel/livepatch.c +++ /dev/null @@ -1,53 +0,0 @@ -// SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-or-later -/* - * livepatch.c - x86-specific Kernel Live Patching Core - */ - -#include -#include -#include -#include - -/* Apply per-object alternatives. Based on x86 module_finalize() */ -void arch_klp_init_object_loaded(struct klp_patch *patch, - struct klp_object *obj) -{ - int cnt; - struct klp_modinfo *info; - Elf_Shdr *s, *alt = NULL, *para = NULL; - void *aseg, *pseg; - const char *objname; - char sec_objname[MODULE_NAME_LEN]; - char secname[KSYM_NAME_LEN]; - - info = patch->mod->klp_info; - objname = obj->name ? obj->name : "vmlinux"; - - /* See livepatch core code for BUILD_BUG_ON() explanation */ - BUILD_BUG_ON(MODULE_NAME_LEN < 56 || KSYM_NAME_LEN != 128); - - for (s = info->sechdrs; s < info->sechdrs + info->hdr.e_shnum; s++) { - /* Apply per-object .klp.arch sections */ - cnt = sscanf(info->secstrings + s->sh_name, - ".klp.arch.%55[^.].%127s", - sec_objname, secname); - if (cnt != 2) - continue; - if (strcmp(sec_objname, objname)) - continue; - if (!strcmp(".altinstructions", secname)) - alt = s; - if (!strcmp(".parainstructions", secname)) - para = s; - } - - if (alt) { - aseg = (void *) alt->sh_addr; - apply_alternatives(aseg, aseg + alt->sh_size); - } - - if (para) { - pseg = (void *) para->sh_addr; - apply_paravirt(pseg, pseg + para->sh_size); - } -} -- cgit