v3: - klp: split klp_write_relocations() into object/section specific functions [joe] - s390: fix plt/got writes [joe] - s390: remove text_mutex usage [mbenes] - x86: do text_poke_sync() before releasing text_mutex [peterz] - split x86 text_mutex changes into separate patch [mbenes] v2: - add vmlinux.ko check [peterz] - remove 'klp_object' forward declaration [mbenes] - use text_mutex [jeyu] - fix documentation TOC [jeyu] - fix s390 issues [mbenes] - upstream kpatch-build now supports this (though it's only enabled for Linux >= 5.8) These patches add simplifications and improvements for some issues Peter found six months ago, as part of his non-writable text code (W^X) cleanups. Highlights: - Remove the livepatch arch-specific .klp.arch sections, which were used to do paravirt patching and alternatives patching for livepatch replacement code. - Add support for jump labels in patched code. - Remove the last module_disable_ro() usage. For more background, see this thread: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20191021135312.jbbxsuipxldocdjk@treble This has been tested with kpatch-build integration tests and klp-convert selftests. Josh Poimboeuf (7): livepatch: Disallow vmlinux.ko livepatch: Apply vmlinux-specific KLP relocations early livepatch: Prevent module-specific KLP rela sections from referencing vmlinux symbols s390: Change s390_kernel_write() return type to match memcpy() livepatch: Remove module_disable_ro() usage module: Remove module_disable_ro() x86/module: Use text_mutex in apply_relocate_add() Peter Zijlstra (3): livepatch: Remove .klp.arch s390/module: Use s390_kernel_write() for late relocations x86/module: Use text_poke() for late relocations Documentation/livepatch/module-elf-format.rst | 15 +- arch/s390/include/asm/uaccess.h | 2 +- arch/s390/kernel/module.c | 147 +++++++++------ arch/s390/mm/maccess.c | 9 +- arch/um/kernel/um_arch.c | 16 ++ arch/x86/kernel/Makefile | 1 - arch/x86/kernel/livepatch.c | 53 ------ arch/x86/kernel/module.c | 43 ++++- include/linux/livepatch.h | 17 +- include/linux/module.h | 2 - kernel/livepatch/core.c | 177 +++++++++++------- kernel/module.c | 23 +-- 12 files changed, 277 insertions(+), 228 deletions(-) delete mode 100644 arch/x86/kernel/livepatch.c -- 2.21.1