Re: [PATCH v3 0/2] Improve handling of the __klp_{objects,funcs} sections in modules

On Fri, 23 Jan 2026, Petr Pavlu wrote:

Changes since v2 [1]:
- Generalize the helper function that locates __klp_objects in a module
  to allow it to find any data in other sections as well.

Changes since v1 [2]:
- Generalize the helper function that locates __klp_objects in a module
  to allow it to find objects in other sections as well.

[1] https://lore.kernel.org/linux-modules/20260121082842.3050453-1-petr.pavlu@suse.com/ (local)
[2] https://lore.kernel.org/linux-modules/20260114123056.2045816-1-petr.pavlu@suse.com/ (local)

Petr Pavlu (2):
  livepatch: Fix having __klp_objects relics in non-livepatch modules
  livepatch: Free klp_{object,func}_ext data after initialization

 include/linux/livepatch.h           |  3 +++
 kernel/livepatch/core.c             | 19 +++++++++++++++++++
 scripts/livepatch/init.c            | 20 +++++++++-----------
 scripts/module.lds.S                |  9 ++-------
 tools/objtool/check.c               |  2 +-
 tools/objtool/include/objtool/klp.h | 10 +++++-----
 tools/objtool/klp-diff.c            |  2 +-
 7 files changed, 40 insertions(+), 25 deletions(-)


base-commit: 0f61b1860cc3f52aef9036d7235ed1f017632193

Acked-by: Miroslav Benes <mbenes@suse.cz>

Thank you,
M