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Re: [PATCH][v3] Enable livepatching on powerpc

From: Petr Mladek <pmladek@suse.com>
Date: 2016-03-03 15:49:26
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On Fri 2016-03-04 00:11:55, Balbir Singh wrote:
Changelog v3:
	1. Moved -ENOSYS to -EINVAL in klp_write_module_reloc
	2. Moved klp_matchaddr to use ftrace_location_range
Ah, I have been working on it in parallel. It took me longer
because I was busy with some other stuff previous days.

I am going to send slightly updated version in a bit. I will
address there some comments, see below.
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diff --git a/arch/powerpc/include/asm/livepatch.h b/arch/powerpc/include/asm/livepatch.h
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..9ecd879
--- /dev/null
+++ b/arch/powerpc/include/asm/livepatch.h
@@ -0,0 +1,41 @@
+
+extern int klp_write_module_reloc(struct module *mod, unsigned long type,
+				   unsigned long loc, unsigned long value);
Nit, we do not use "extern" in the livepatch-related headers.
+
+static inline void klp_arch_set_pc(struct pt_regs *regs, unsigned long ip)
+{
+	regs->nip = ip;
+}
+
+#endif /* CONFIG_LIVEPATCH */
As Mirek already pointed out. We would like to have here:

#else  /* CONFIG_LIVEPATCH */
#error Include linux/livepatch.h, not asm/livepatch.h
#endif  /* CONFIG_LIVEPATCH */
+#endif /* _ASM_POWERPC64_LIVEPATCH_H */
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diff --git a/arch/powerpc/kernel/livepatch.c b/arch/powerpc/kernel/livepatch.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..8c99e2d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/arch/powerpc/kernel/livepatch.c
@@ -0,0 +1,54 @@
+/**
+ * klp_write_module_reloc() - write a relocation in a module
+ * @mod:       module in which the section to be modified is found
+ * @type:      ELF relocation type (see asm/elf.h)
+ * @loc:       address that the relocation should be written to
+ * @value:     relocation value (sym address + addend)
+ *
+ * This function writes a relocation to the specified location for
+ * a particular module.
+ */
+int klp_write_module_reloc(struct module *mod, unsigned long type,
+			    unsigned long loc, unsigned long value)
+{
+	/* This requires infrastructure changes; we need the loadinfos. */
+	pr_err("klp_write_module_reloc not yet supported\n");
+	return -EINVAL;
I agree that -ENOSYS is a bit misleading. But -EINVAL is not ideal
either. Anyway, we should stay compatible with the other architectures
in this patch.
+}
+
+int klp_matchaddr(struct ftrace_ops *ops, unsigned long ip,
+				int remove, int reset)
+{
+	int ret = 1;
+	unsigned long correct_ip;
+
+	correct_ip = ftrace_location_range(ip, ip + 16);
I really like that it is so easy in the end.
+	if (!correct_ip)
+		goto done;
+
+	ret = ftrace_set_filter_ip(ops, correct_ip, remove, reset);
I do not like that we hide this important operation under a function
called klp_matchaddr(). I am going to rename this function to
klp_get_ftrace_location() and just return the address found
by ftrace_location_range(). Another advantage is that it will
make one-liner from this arch-specific function.
+done:
+	return ret;
+}
+
Thanks a lot for pushing this forward,
Petr
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