From: Jiri Kosina <jikos@kernel.org>
To: Josh Poimboeuf <jpoimboe@redhat.com>
Cc: 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>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v4 00/11] livepatch,module: Remove .klp.arch and module_disable_ro()
Date: Tue, 5 May 2020 00:20:34 +0200 (CEST) [thread overview]
Message-ID: <nycvar.YFH.7.76.2005050019060.19713@cbobk.fhfr.pm> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <cover.1588173720.git.jpoimboe@redhat.com>
On Wed, 29 Apr 2020, Josh Poimboeuf wrote:
> v4:
> - Fixed rebase bisection regression [Miroslav]
> - Made module_enable_ro() static [Jessica]
> - Added Acked-by's
>
> 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 (only for static keys
> which live in vmlinux).
>
> - 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.
So I think this should best go through livepatching.git for 5.8. Unless
anyone has a better idea or objects heavily, I'll queue it tomorrow.
Thanks,
--
Jiri Kosina
SUSE Labs
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2020-05-04 22:20 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
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 [this message]
2020-05-07 22:17 ` Jiri Kosina
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