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From: Josh Poimboeuf <jpoimboe@redhat.com>
To: Jessica Yu <jeyu@redhat.com>
Cc: Rusty Russell <rusty@rustcorp.com.au>,
	Seth Jennings <sjenning@redhat.com>,
	Jiri Kosina <jikos@kernel.org>, Vojtech Pavlik <vojtech@suse.com>,
	Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net>, Miroslav Benes <mbenes@suse.cz>,
	linux-api@vger.kernel.org, live-patching@vger.kernel.org,
	x86@kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
	linux-s390@vger.kernel.org, linux-doc@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [RFC PATCH v2 5/6] samples: livepatch: init reloc section array and mark as klp module
Date: Tue, 8 Dec 2015 12:41:03 -0600	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20151208184103.GD14846@treble.redhat.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <1448943679-3412-6-git-send-email-jeyu@redhat.com>

On Mon, Nov 30, 2015 at 11:21:18PM -0500, Jessica Yu wrote:
> Create the array of klp relocation sections in the sample
> klp_object (even if the array is empty in this case).
> 
> In addition, mark the module as a livepatch module so that
> the module loader can appropriately identify and initialize it.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Jessica Yu <jeyu@redhat.com>
> ---
>  samples/livepatch/livepatch-sample.c | 6 ++++++
>  1 file changed, 6 insertions(+)
> 
> diff --git a/samples/livepatch/livepatch-sample.c b/samples/livepatch/livepatch-sample.c
> index fb8c861..298dc21 100644
> --- a/samples/livepatch/livepatch-sample.c
> +++ b/samples/livepatch/livepatch-sample.c
> @@ -53,10 +53,15 @@ static struct klp_func funcs[] = {
>  	}, { }
>  };
>  
> +static struct klp_reloc_sec reloc_secs[] = {
> +	{ }
> +};
> +

I think it's not possible to specify the relocations when building the
patch module in this way, right?  If so, I think this is confusing, and
it would be better to just leave out any mention of reloc_secs in the
sample module.

>  static struct klp_object objs[] = {
>  	{
>  		/* name being NULL means vmlinux */
>  		.funcs = funcs,
> +		.reloc_secs = reloc_secs,
>  	}, { }
>  };
>  
> @@ -89,3 +94,4 @@ static void livepatch_exit(void)
>  module_init(livepatch_init);
>  module_exit(livepatch_exit);
>  MODULE_LICENSE("GPL");
> +MODULE_INFO(livepatch, "Y");
> -- 
> 2.4.3
> 

-- 
Josh

  reply	other threads:[~2015-12-08 18:41 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 37+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2015-12-01  4:21 [RFC PATCH v2 0/6] (mostly) Arch-independent livepatch Jessica Yu
2015-12-01  4:21 ` [RFC PATCH v2 1/6] Elf: add livepatch-specific Elf constants Jessica Yu
2015-12-01  4:21 ` [RFC PATCH v2 2/6] module: preserve Elf information for livepatch modules Jessica Yu
2015-12-01  8:48   ` Jessica Yu
2015-12-01 21:06   ` Jessica Yu
2015-12-08 18:32   ` [RFC PATCH v2 2/6] " Josh Poimboeuf
2015-12-09 20:05     ` Jessica Yu
2015-12-10 14:38       ` Josh Poimboeuf
2015-12-16 10:46         ` Miroslav Benes
2015-12-17 16:28     ` [RFC PATCH v2 2/6] " Petr Mladek
2015-12-16 10:58   ` Miroslav Benes
2015-12-17  0:40     ` Jessica Yu
2015-12-17 16:26   ` [RFC PATCH v2 2/6] " Petr Mladek
2015-12-21  5:44     ` Jessica Yu
2015-12-01  4:21 ` [RFC PATCH v2 3/6] module: s390: keep mod_arch_specific " Jessica Yu
2015-12-16 12:02   ` Miroslav Benes
2015-12-16 23:48     ` Jessica Yu
2015-12-17 11:39       ` Miroslav Benes
2015-12-01  4:21 ` [RFC PATCH v2 4/6] livepatch: reuse module loader code to write relocations Jessica Yu
2015-12-01  8:43   ` Jessica Yu
2015-12-08 18:38   ` [RFC PATCH v2 4/6] " Josh Poimboeuf
2015-12-09 19:10     ` Jessica Yu
2015-12-10 14:28       ` Josh Poimboeuf
2015-12-10 21:33         ` Jessica Yu
2015-12-10 21:41           ` Josh Poimboeuf
2015-12-10 22:07             ` Jessica Yu
2015-12-16  5:40       ` Jessica Yu
2015-12-16 12:59         ` Miroslav Benes
2015-12-16 19:14           ` Jessica Yu
2015-12-17 15:45         ` Petr Mladek
2015-12-21  5:57           ` Jessica Yu
2015-12-10 14:20   ` [RFC PATCH v2 4/6] " Minfei Huang
2015-12-10 19:56     ` Jiri Kosina
2015-12-10 21:12       ` Josh Poimboeuf
2015-12-01  4:21 ` [RFC PATCH v2 5/6] samples: livepatch: init reloc section array and mark as klp module Jessica Yu
2015-12-08 18:41   ` Josh Poimboeuf [this message]
2015-12-01  4:21 ` [RFC PATCH v2 6/6] Documentation: livepatch: outline the Elf format of a livepatch module Jessica Yu

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