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authorThomas Zimmermann <tzimmermann@suse.de>2023-03-13 10:14:05 +0100
committerThomas Zimmermann <tzimmermann@suse.de>2023-03-13 10:14:05 +0100
commitb3c9a04135bdbd3aabd5e9534bad0fe6df505f8a (patch)
tree2372cd098db2a0e45da99125258e454b827cb577 /include/linux/moduleloader.h
parentfe9ae05cfbe587dda724fcf537c00bc2f287da62 (diff)
parenteeac8ede17557680855031c6f305ece2378af326 (diff)
Merge drm/drm-fixes into drm-misc-fixes
Backmerging to get latest upstream. Signed-off-by: Thomas Zimmermann <tzimmermann@suse.de>
Diffstat (limited to 'include/linux/moduleloader.h')
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1 files changed, 17 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/include/linux/moduleloader.h b/include/linux/moduleloader.h
index 7b4587a19189..03be088fb439 100644
--- a/include/linux/moduleloader.h
+++ b/include/linux/moduleloader.h
@@ -75,6 +75,23 @@ int apply_relocate_add(Elf_Shdr *sechdrs,
unsigned int symindex,
unsigned int relsec,
struct module *mod);
+#ifdef CONFIG_LIVEPATCH
+/*
+ * Some architectures (namely x86_64 and ppc64) perform sanity checks when
+ * applying relocations. If a patched module gets unloaded and then later
+ * reloaded (and re-patched), klp re-applies relocations to the replacement
+ * function(s). Any leftover relocations from the previous loading of the
+ * patched module might trigger the sanity checks.
+ *
+ * To prevent that, when unloading a patched module, clear out any relocations
+ * that might trigger arch-specific sanity checks on a future module reload.
+ */
+void clear_relocate_add(Elf_Shdr *sechdrs,
+ const char *strtab,
+ unsigned int symindex,
+ unsigned int relsec,
+ struct module *me);
+#endif
#else
static inline int apply_relocate_add(Elf_Shdr *sechdrs,
const char *strtab,