Thread (26 messages) 26 messages, 6 authors, 2020-06-05

Re: [PATCH v4 06/11] s390/module: Use s390_kernel_write() for late relocations

From: Jiri Kosina <jikos@kernel.org>
Date: 2020-05-07 10:00:42
Also in: linux-s390, lkml

On Wed, 29 Apr 2020, Josh Poimboeuf wrote:
From: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org>

Because of late module patching, a livepatch module needs to be able to
apply some of its relocations well after it has been loaded.  Instead of
playing games with module_{dis,en}able_ro(), use existing text poking
mechanisms to apply relocations after module loading.

So far only x86, s390 and Power have HAVE_LIVEPATCH but only the first
two also have STRICT_MODULE_RWX.

This will allow removal of the last module_disable_ro() usage in
livepatch.  The ultimate goal is to completely disallow making
executable mappings writable.

[ jpoimboe: Split up patches.  Use mod state to determine whether
	    memcpy() can be used.  Test and add fixes. ]

Cc: linux-s390@vger.kernel.org
Cc: Heiko Carstens <redacted>
Cc: Gerald Schaefer <redacted>
Cc: Christian Borntraeger <redacted>
Suggested-by: Josh Poimboeuf <redacted>
Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra (Intel) <peterz@infradead.org>
Signed-off-by: Josh Poimboeuf <redacted>
Acked-by: Peter Zijlstra (Intel) <peterz@infradead.org>
Acked-by: Joe Lawrence <joe.lawrence@redhat.com>
Acked-by: Miroslav Benes <mbenes@suse.cz>
Could we please get an Ack / Reviewed-by: for this patch from s390 folks?

Thanks,

-- 
Jiri Kosina
SUSE Labs
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