From: Gerald Schaefer <gerald.schaefer@de.ibm.com>
To: Jiri Kosina <jikos@kernel.org>
Cc: Josh Poimboeuf <jpoimboe@redhat.com>,
live-patching@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org>,
Jessica Yu <jeyu@kernel.org>,
Joe Lawrence <joe.lawrence@redhat.com>,
Miroslav Benes <mbenes@suse.cz>,
linux-s390@vger.kernel.org,
Heiko Carstens <heiko.carstens@de.ibm.com>,
Christian Borntraeger <borntraeger@de.ibm.com>,
Gerald Schaefer <gerald.schaefer@de.ibm.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v4 06/11] s390/module: Use s390_kernel_write() for late relocations
Date: Thu, 7 May 2020 14:27:44 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20200507142744.05271ac0@thinkpad> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <nycvar.YFH.7.76.2005071159490.25812@cbobk.fhfr.pm>
On Thu, 7 May 2020 12:00:13 +0200 (CEST)
Jiri Kosina <jikos@kernel.org> wrote:
> On Wed, 29 Apr 2020, Josh Poimboeuf wrote:
>
> > From: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org>
> >
> > Because of late module patching, a livepatch module needs to be able to
> > apply some of its relocations well after it has been loaded. Instead of
> > playing games with module_{dis,en}able_ro(), use existing text poking
> > mechanisms to apply relocations after module loading.
> >
> > So far only x86, s390 and Power have HAVE_LIVEPATCH but only the first
> > two also have STRICT_MODULE_RWX.
> >
> > This will allow removal of the last module_disable_ro() usage in
> > livepatch. The ultimate goal is to completely disallow making
> > executable mappings writable.
> >
> > [ jpoimboe: Split up patches. Use mod state to determine whether
> > memcpy() can be used. Test and add fixes. ]
> >
> > Cc: linux-s390@vger.kernel.org
> > Cc: Heiko Carstens <heiko.carstens@de.ibm.com>
> > Cc: Gerald Schaefer <gerald.schaefer@de.ibm.com>
> > Cc: Christian Borntraeger <borntraeger@de.ibm.com>
> > Suggested-by: Josh Poimboeuf <jpoimboe@redhat.com>
> > Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra (Intel) <peterz@infradead.org>
> > Signed-off-by: Josh Poimboeuf <jpoimboe@redhat.com>
> > Acked-by: Peter Zijlstra (Intel) <peterz@infradead.org>
> > Acked-by: Joe Lawrence <joe.lawrence@redhat.com>
> > Acked-by: Miroslav Benes <mbenes@suse.cz>
>
> Could we please get an Ack / Reviewed-by: for this patch from s390 folks?
>
> Thanks,
>
Looks pretty straightforward, and using s390_kernel_write() is OK, so
Acked-by: Gerald Schaefer <gerald.schaefer@de.ibm.com> # s390
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2020-05-07 12:28 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 26+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2020-04-29 15:24 [PATCH v4 00/11] livepatch,module: Remove .klp.arch and module_disable_ro() Josh Poimboeuf
2020-04-29 15:24 ` [PATCH v4 01/11] livepatch: Disallow vmlinux.ko Josh Poimboeuf
2020-04-29 15:24 ` [PATCH v4 02/11] livepatch: Apply vmlinux-specific KLP relocations early Josh Poimboeuf
2020-04-29 15:24 ` [PATCH v4 03/11] livepatch: Remove .klp.arch Josh Poimboeuf
2020-04-29 15:24 ` [PATCH v4 04/11] livepatch: Prevent module-specific KLP rela sections from referencing vmlinux symbols Josh Poimboeuf
2020-04-29 15:24 ` [PATCH v4 05/11] s390: Change s390_kernel_write() return type to match memcpy() Josh Poimboeuf
2020-05-07 13:36 ` Jiri Kosina
2020-05-07 16:01 ` Gerald Schaefer
2020-04-29 15:24 ` [PATCH v4 06/11] s390/module: Use s390_kernel_write() for late relocations Josh Poimboeuf
2020-05-07 10:00 ` Jiri Kosina
2020-05-07 12:27 ` Gerald Schaefer [this message]
2020-04-29 15:24 ` [PATCH v4 07/11] x86/module: Use text_poke() " Josh Poimboeuf
2020-04-29 15:24 ` [PATCH v4 08/11] livepatch: Remove module_disable_ro() usage Josh Poimboeuf
2020-04-29 15:24 ` [PATCH v4 09/11] module: Remove module_disable_ro() Josh Poimboeuf
2020-04-29 15:24 ` [PATCH v4 10/11] x86/module: Use text_mutex in apply_relocate_add() Josh Poimboeuf
2020-04-29 15:24 ` [PATCH v4 11/11] module: Make module_enable_ro() static again Josh Poimboeuf
2020-04-30 11:10 ` Jessica Yu
2020-04-30 11:35 ` Miroslav Benes
2020-04-30 11:40 ` Jessica Yu
2020-04-30 12:23 ` Jessica Yu
2020-06-05 13:24 ` Guenter Roeck
2020-06-05 14:20 ` Jessica Yu
2020-06-05 14:39 ` Josh Poimboeuf
2020-04-30 11:33 ` [PATCH v4 00/11] livepatch,module: Remove .klp.arch and module_disable_ro() Jessica Yu
2020-05-04 22:20 ` Jiri Kosina
2020-05-07 22:17 ` Jiri Kosina
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