[RFC PATCH 2/2] Remove relocation code

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Architecture-specific and reloc code no longer needed, symbol resolution
and relocation work will be offloaded to module loader. 

Signed-off-by: Jessica Yu <jeyu@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
 arch/x86/kernel/Makefile    |  1 -
 arch/x86/kernel/livepatch.c | 90 ---------------------------------------------
 kernel/livepatch/core.c     | 72 ------------------------------------
 3 files changed, 163 deletions(-)
 delete mode 100644 arch/x86/kernel/livepatch.c

diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/Makefile b/arch/x86/kernel/Makefile
index cdb1b70..fae4c4e 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/Makefile
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/Makefile
@@ -67,7 +67,6 @@ obj-$(CONFIG_X86_MPPARSE)	+= mpparse.o
 obj-y				+= apic/
 obj-$(CONFIG_X86_REBOOTFIXUPS)	+= reboot_fixups_32.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_DYNAMIC_FTRACE)	+= ftrace.o
-obj-$(CONFIG_LIVEPATCH)		+= livepatch.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_FUNCTION_GRAPH_TRACER) += ftrace.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_FTRACE_SYSCALLS)	+= ftrace.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_X86_TSC)		+= trace_clock.o
diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/livepatch.c b/arch/x86/kernel/livepatch.c
deleted file mode 100644
index ff3c310..0000000
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/livepatch.c
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,90 +0,0 @@
-/*
- * livepatch.c - x86-specific Kernel Live Patching Core
- *
- * Copyright (C) 2014 Seth Jennings <sjenning@xxxxxxxxxx>
- * Copyright (C) 2014 SUSE
- *
- * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
- * modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License
- * as published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2
- * of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
- *
- * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
- * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
- * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
- * GNU General Public License for more details.
- *
- * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
- * along with this program; if not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
- */
-
-#include <linux/module.h>
-#include <linux/uaccess.h>
-#include <asm/cacheflush.h>
-#include <asm/page_types.h>
-#include <asm/elf.h>
-#include <asm/livepatch.h>
-
-/**
- * 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)
-{
-	int ret, numpages, size = 4;
-	bool readonly;
-	unsigned long val;
-	unsigned long core = (unsigned long)mod->module_core;
-	unsigned long core_ro_size = mod->core_ro_size;
-	unsigned long core_size = mod->core_size;
-
-	switch (type) {
-	case R_X86_64_NONE:
-		return 0;
-	case R_X86_64_64:
-		val = value;
-		size = 8;
-		break;
-	case R_X86_64_32:
-		val = (u32)value;
-		break;
-	case R_X86_64_32S:
-		val = (s32)value;
-		break;
-	case R_X86_64_PC32:
-		val = (u32)(value - loc);
-		break;
-	default:
-		/* unsupported relocation type */
-		return -EINVAL;
-	}
-
-	if (loc < core || loc >= core + core_size)
-		/* loc does not point to any symbol inside the module */
-		return -EINVAL;
-
-	if (loc < core + core_ro_size)
-		readonly = true;
-	else
-		readonly = false;
-
-	/* determine if the relocation spans a page boundary */
-	numpages = ((loc & PAGE_MASK) == ((loc + size) & PAGE_MASK)) ? 1 : 2;
-
-	if (readonly)
-		set_memory_rw(loc & PAGE_MASK, numpages);
-
-	ret = probe_kernel_write((void *)loc, &val, size);
-
-	if (readonly)
-		set_memory_ro(loc & PAGE_MASK, numpages);
-
-	return ret;
-}
diff --git a/kernel/livepatch/core.c b/kernel/livepatch/core.c
index 7c1cd5c..7a786e7 100644
--- a/kernel/livepatch/core.c
+++ b/kernel/livepatch/core.c
@@ -331,72 +331,6 @@ static int klp_find_verify_func_addr(struct klp_object *obj,
 	return ret;
 }
 
-/*
- * external symbols are located outside the parent object (where the parent
- * object is either vmlinux or the kmod being patched).
- */
-static int klp_find_external_symbol(struct module *pmod, const char *name,
-				    unsigned long *addr)
-{
-	const struct kernel_symbol *sym;
-
-	/* first, check if it's an exported symbol */
-	preempt_disable();
-	sym = find_symbol(name, NULL, NULL, true, true);
-	if (sym) {
-		*addr = sym->value;
-		preempt_enable();
-		return 0;
-	}
-	preempt_enable();
-
-	/* otherwise check if it's in another .o within the patch module */
-	return klp_find_object_symbol(pmod->name, name, addr);
-}
-
-static int klp_write_object_relocations(struct module *pmod,
-					struct klp_object *obj)
-{
-	int ret;
-	struct klp_reloc *reloc;
-
-	if (WARN_ON(!klp_is_object_loaded(obj)))
-		return -EINVAL;
-
-	if (WARN_ON(!obj->relocs))
-		return -EINVAL;
-
-	for (reloc = obj->relocs; reloc->name; reloc++) {
-		if (!klp_is_module(obj)) {
-			ret = klp_verify_vmlinux_symbol(reloc->name,
-							reloc->val);
-			if (ret)
-				return ret;
-		} else {
-			/* module, reloc->val needs to be discovered */
-			if (reloc->external)
-				ret = klp_find_external_symbol(pmod,
-							       reloc->name,
-							       &reloc->val);
-			else
-				ret = klp_find_object_symbol(obj->mod->name,
-							     reloc->name,
-							     &reloc->val);
-			if (ret)
-				return ret;
-		}
-		ret = klp_write_module_reloc(pmod, reloc->type, reloc->loc,
-					     reloc->val + reloc->addend);
-		if (ret) {
-			pr_err("relocation failed for symbol '%s' at 0x%016lx (%d)\n",
-			       reloc->name, reloc->val, ret);
-			return ret;
-		}
-	}
-
-	return 0;
-}
-
 static void notrace klp_ftrace_handler(unsigned long ip,
 				       unsigned long parent_ip,
 				       struct ftrace_ops *fops,
@@ -837,12 +771,6 @@ static int klp_init_object_loaded(struct klp_patch *patch,
 	struct klp_func *func;
 	int ret;
 
-	if (obj->relocs) {
-		ret = klp_write_object_relocations(patch->mod, obj);
-		if (ret)
-			return ret;
-	}
-
 	for (func = obj->funcs; func->old_name; func++) {
 		ret = klp_find_verify_func_addr(obj, func);
 		if (ret)
-- 
2.4.2

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