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authorPetr Mladek2019-01-09 13:43:19 +0100
committerJiri Kosina2019-01-11 20:51:23 +0100
commit19514910d021c93c7823ec32067e6b7dea224f0f (patch)
tree3df053de0eb62fec2557e24bd807cae328d4f21a /kernel/livepatch/patch.c
parentMerge branch 'for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/jik... (diff)
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livepatch: Change unsigned long old_addr -> void *old_func in struct klp_func
The address of the to be patched function and new function is stored in struct klp_func as: void *new_func; unsigned long old_addr; The different naming scheme and type are derived from the way the addresses are set. @old_addr is assigned at runtime using kallsyms-based search. @new_func is statically initialized, for example: static struct klp_func funcs[] = { { .old_name = "cmdline_proc_show", .new_func = livepatch_cmdline_proc_show, }, { } }; This patch changes unsigned long old_addr -> void *old_func. It removes some confusion when these address are later used in the code. It is motivated by a followup patch that adds special NOP struct klp_func where we want to assign func->new_func = func->old_addr respectively func->new_func = func->old_func. This patch does not modify the existing behavior. Suggested-by: Josh Poimboeuf <jpoimboe@redhat.com> Signed-off-by: Petr Mladek <pmladek@suse.com> Acked-by: Miroslav Benes <mbenes@suse.cz> Acked-by: Joe Lawrence <joe.lawrence@redhat.com> Acked-by: Alice Ferrazzi <alice.ferrazzi@gmail.com> Acked-by: Josh Poimboeuf <jpoimboe@redhat.com> Signed-off-by: Jiri Kosina <jkosina@suse.cz>
Diffstat (limited to 'kernel/livepatch/patch.c')
-rw-r--r--kernel/livepatch/patch.c18
1 files changed, 10 insertions, 8 deletions
diff --git a/kernel/livepatch/patch.c b/kernel/livepatch/patch.c
index 7702cb4064fc..825022d70912 100644
--- a/kernel/livepatch/patch.c
+++ b/kernel/livepatch/patch.c
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@
static LIST_HEAD(klp_ops);
-struct klp_ops *klp_find_ops(unsigned long old_addr)
+struct klp_ops *klp_find_ops(void *old_func)
{
struct klp_ops *ops;
struct klp_func *func;
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ struct klp_ops *klp_find_ops(unsigned long old_addr)
list_for_each_entry(ops, &klp_ops, node) {
func = list_first_entry(&ops->func_stack, struct klp_func,
stack_node);
- if (func->old_addr == old_addr)
+ if (func->old_func == old_func)
return ops;
}
@@ -142,17 +142,18 @@ static void klp_unpatch_func(struct klp_func *func)
if (WARN_ON(!func->patched))
return;
- if (WARN_ON(!func->old_addr))
+ if (WARN_ON(!func->old_func))
return;
- ops = klp_find_ops(func->old_addr);
+ ops = klp_find_ops(func->old_func);
if (WARN_ON(!ops))
return;
if (list_is_singular(&ops->func_stack)) {
unsigned long ftrace_loc;
- ftrace_loc = klp_get_ftrace_location(func->old_addr);
+ ftrace_loc =
+ klp_get_ftrace_location((unsigned long)func->old_func);
if (WARN_ON(!ftrace_loc))
return;
@@ -174,17 +175,18 @@ static int klp_patch_func(struct klp_func *func)
struct klp_ops *ops;
int ret;
- if (WARN_ON(!func->old_addr))
+ if (WARN_ON(!func->old_func))
return -EINVAL;
if (WARN_ON(func->patched))
return -EINVAL;
- ops = klp_find_ops(func->old_addr);
+ ops = klp_find_ops(func->old_func);
if (!ops) {
unsigned long ftrace_loc;
- ftrace_loc = klp_get_ftrace_location(func->old_addr);
+ ftrace_loc =
+ klp_get_ftrace_location((unsigned long)func->old_func);
if (!ftrace_loc) {
pr_err("failed to find location for function '%s'\n",
func->old_name);