From: Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk <konrad.wilk@oracle.com>
To: Pawel Wieczorkiewicz <wipawel@amazon.de>
Cc: Tim Deegan <tim@xen.org>,
wipawel@amazon.com, Stefano Stabellini <sstabellini@kernel.org>,
Wei Liu <wl@xen.org>, George Dunlap <George.Dunlap@eu.citrix.com>,
Andrew Cooper <andrew.cooper3@citrix.com>,
Ian Jackson <ian.jackson@eu.citrix.com>,
mpohlack@amazon.com, xen-devel@lists.xen.org,
Ross Lagerwall <ross.lagerwall@citrix.com>,
Julien Grall <julien.grall@arm.com>,
Jan Beulich <jbeulich@suse.com>,
xen-devel@lists.xenproject.org
Subject: Re: [Xen-devel] [PATCH v2 11/12] livepatch: Add metadata runtime retrieval mechanism
Date: Thu, 29 Aug 2019 16:48:54 -0400 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20190829204853.GB24575@char.us.oracle.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20190827084624.116917-12-wipawel@amazon.de>
On Tue, Aug 27, 2019 at 08:46:23AM +0000, Pawel Wieczorkiewicz wrote:
> Extend the livepatch list operation to fetch also payloads' metadata.
> This is achieved by extending the sysctl list interface with 2 extra
> guest handles:
> * metadata - an array of arbitrary size strings
> * metadata_len - an array of metadata strings' lengths (uin32_t each)
>
> Payloads' metadata is a string of arbitrary size and does not have an
> upper bound limit. It may also vary in size between payloads.
>
> In order to let the userland allocate enough space for the incoming
> data add a metadata total size field to the list sysctl operation and
> fill it with total size of all payloads' metadata.
>
> Extend the libxc to handle the metadata back-to-back data transfers
> as well as metadata length array data transfers.
>
> The xen-livepatch userland tool is extended to always display the
> metadata for each received module. The metadata is received with the
> following format: key=value\0key=value\0...key=value\0. The format is
> modified to the following one: key=value;key=value;...key=value.
> The new format allows to easily parse the metadata for a given module
> by a machine.
>
> Signed-off-by: Pawel Wieczorkiewicz <wipawel@amazon.de>
> Reviewed-by: Andra-Irina Paraschiv <andraprs@amazon.com>
> Reviewed-by: Martin Pohlack <mpohlack@amazon.de>
> Reviewed-by: Norbert Manthey <nmanthey@amazon.de>
> ---
> Changed since v1:
> * added corresponding documentation
> * make metadata optional (do not display it when given payload
> does not have it)
>
> docs/misc/livepatch.pandoc | 31 ++++++++++++++++-----
> tools/libxc/include/xenctrl.h | 22 +++++++++++----
> tools/libxc/xc_misc.c | 64 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++--------
> tools/misc/xen-livepatch.c | 43 +++++++++++++++++++++++------
> xen/common/livepatch.c | 22 +++++++++++----
> xen/include/public/sysctl.h | 19 +++++++++----
> 6 files changed, 157 insertions(+), 44 deletions(-)
And it may be worth folding this in:
diff --git a/xen/test/livepatch/Makefile b/xen/test/livepatch/Makefile
index a7857d3a2e..3f088e74b2 100644
--- a/xen/test/livepatch/Makefile
+++ b/xen/test/livepatch/Makefile
@@ -79,9 +79,17 @@ config.h: xen_hello_world_func.o
xen_hello_world.o: config.h
.PHONY: $(LIVEPATCH)
-$(LIVEPATCH): xen_hello_world_func.o xen_hello_world.o note.o xen_note.o
+$(LIVEPATCH): xen_hello_world_func.o xen_hello_world.o note.o xen_note.o modinfo.o
$(LD) $(LDFLAGS) $(build_id_linker) -r -o $(LIVEPATCH) $^
+.PHONY: modinfo.o
+modinfo.o:
+ (set -e; \
+ printf "LIVEPATCH_RULEZ\0") > $@.bin
+ $(OBJCOPY) $(OBJCOPY_MAGIC) \
+ --rename-section=.data=.modinfo,alloc,load,readonly,data,contents -S $@.bin $@
+ #rm -f $@.bin
+
#
# This target is only accessible if CONFIG_LIVEPATCH is defined, which
# depends on $(build_id_linker) being available. Hence we do not
.. which the test-case can test for.
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Thread overview: 66+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2019-08-21 8:19 [Xen-devel] [PATCH 00/14] livepatch: new features and fixes Pawel Wieczorkiewicz
2019-08-21 8:19 ` [Xen-devel] [PATCH 01/14] livepatch: Always check hypervisor build ID upon hotpatch upload Pawel Wieczorkiewicz
2019-08-21 18:16 ` Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk
2019-08-21 8:19 ` [Xen-devel] [PATCH 02/14] livepatch: Allow to override inter-modules buildid dependency Pawel Wieczorkiewicz
2019-08-21 8:19 ` [Xen-devel] [PATCH 03/14] python: Add XC binding for Xen build ID Pawel Wieczorkiewicz
2019-08-21 8:19 ` [Xen-devel] [PATCH 04/14] livepatch: Export payload structure via livepatch_payload.h Pawel Wieczorkiewicz
2019-08-21 8:19 ` [Xen-devel] [PATCH 05/14] livepatch: Implement pre-|post- apply|revert hooks Pawel Wieczorkiewicz
2019-08-21 8:19 ` [Xen-devel] [PATCH 06/14] livepatch: Add support for apply|revert action replacement hooks Pawel Wieczorkiewicz
2019-08-21 18:31 ` Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk
2019-08-21 19:06 ` Wieczorkiewicz, Pawel
2019-08-26 14:30 ` Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk
2019-08-21 8:19 ` [Xen-devel] [PATCH 07/14] livepatch: Do not enforce ELF_LIVEPATCH_FUNC section presence Pawel Wieczorkiewicz
2019-08-21 8:19 ` [Xen-devel] [PATCH 08/14] livepatch: always print XENLOG_ERR information Pawel Wieczorkiewicz
2019-08-21 8:19 ` [Xen-devel] [PATCH 09/14] livepatch: Add per-function applied/reverted state tracking marker Pawel Wieczorkiewicz
2019-08-21 18:28 ` Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk
2019-08-21 19:00 ` Wieczorkiewicz, Pawel
2019-08-21 21:34 ` Julien Grall
2019-08-22 7:44 ` Wieczorkiewicz, Pawel
2019-08-22 10:07 ` Julien Grall
2019-08-22 10:20 ` Wieczorkiewicz, Pawel
2019-08-22 10:43 ` Julien Grall
2019-08-22 11:15 ` Wieczorkiewicz, Pawel
2019-08-22 15:02 ` Julien Grall
2019-08-22 10:29 ` Julien Grall
2019-08-22 11:02 ` Wieczorkiewicz, Pawel
2019-08-22 15:30 ` Julien Grall
2019-08-22 15:42 ` Wieczorkiewicz, Pawel
2019-08-21 8:19 ` [Xen-devel] [PATCH 10/14] livepatch: Add support for inline asm hotpatching expectations Pawel Wieczorkiewicz
2019-08-21 18:30 ` Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk
2019-08-21 19:02 ` Wieczorkiewicz, Pawel
2019-08-22 10:31 ` Julien Grall
2019-08-22 11:03 ` Wieczorkiewicz, Pawel
2019-08-21 8:19 ` [Xen-devel] [PATCH 11/14] livepatch: Add support for modules .modinfo section metadata Pawel Wieczorkiewicz
2019-08-21 8:19 ` [Xen-devel] [PATCH 12/14] livepatch: Handle arbitrary size names with the list operation Pawel Wieczorkiewicz
2019-08-21 8:19 ` [Xen-devel] [PATCH 13/14] livepatch: Add metadata runtime retrieval mechanism Pawel Wieczorkiewicz
2019-08-21 8:19 ` [Xen-devel] [PATCH 14/14] livepatch: Add python bindings for livepatch operations Pawel Wieczorkiewicz
2019-08-22 21:55 ` Marek Marczykowski-Górecki
2019-08-27 8:46 ` [Xen-devel] [PATCH v2 00/12] livepatch: new features and fixes Pawel Wieczorkiewicz
2019-08-27 8:46 ` [Xen-devel] [PATCH v2 01/12] livepatch: Always check hypervisor build ID upon hotpatch upload Pawel Wieczorkiewicz
2019-08-27 8:46 ` [Xen-devel] [PATCH v2 02/12] livepatch: Allow to override inter-modules buildid dependency Pawel Wieczorkiewicz
2019-08-27 8:46 ` [Xen-devel] [PATCH v2 03/12] livepatch: Export payload structure via livepatch_payload.h Pawel Wieczorkiewicz
2019-08-27 8:46 ` [Xen-devel] [PATCH v2 04/12] livepatch: Implement pre-|post- apply|revert hooks Pawel Wieczorkiewicz
2019-08-27 8:46 ` [Xen-devel] [PATCH v2 05/12] livepatch: Add support for apply|revert action replacement hooks Pawel Wieczorkiewicz
2019-08-27 16:58 ` Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk
2019-08-28 7:37 ` Wieczorkiewicz, Pawel
2019-08-27 8:46 ` [Xen-devel] [PATCH v2 06/12] livepatch: Do not enforce ELF_LIVEPATCH_FUNC section presence Pawel Wieczorkiewicz
2019-08-27 8:46 ` [Xen-devel] [PATCH v2 07/12] livepatch: Add per-function applied/reverted state tracking marker Pawel Wieczorkiewicz
2019-08-27 8:46 ` [Xen-devel] [PATCH v2 08/12] livepatch: Add support for inline asm hotpatching expectations Pawel Wieczorkiewicz
2019-08-29 14:34 ` Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk
2019-08-29 15:29 ` Wieczorkiewicz, Pawel
2019-08-29 15:58 ` Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk
2019-08-29 16:16 ` Wieczorkiewicz, Pawel
2019-08-29 17:49 ` Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk
2019-08-29 19:07 ` Wieczorkiewicz, Pawel
2019-08-29 20:48 ` Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk
2019-09-05 18:05 ` Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk
2019-08-27 8:46 ` [Xen-devel] [PATCH v2 09/12] livepatch: Add support for modules .modinfo section metadata Pawel Wieczorkiewicz
2019-08-27 8:46 ` [Xen-devel] [PATCH v2 10/12] livepatch: Handle arbitrary size names with the list operation Pawel Wieczorkiewicz
2019-08-27 8:46 ` [Xen-devel] [PATCH v2 11/12] livepatch: Add metadata runtime retrieval mechanism Pawel Wieczorkiewicz
2019-08-29 20:48 ` Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk [this message]
2019-08-27 8:46 ` [Xen-devel] [PATCH v2 12/12] livepatch: Add python bindings for livepatch operations Pawel Wieczorkiewicz
2019-08-28 13:21 ` Marek Marczykowski-Górecki
2019-08-29 19:23 ` [Xen-devel] [PATCH v2 00/12] livepatch: new features and fixes Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk
2019-09-05 19:13 ` Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk
2019-09-06 22:52 ` Julien Grall
2019-09-06 22:42 ` Julien Grall
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