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commit8734b41b3eupstream. Livepatching a loaded module involves applying relocations through apply_relocate_add(), which attempts to write to read-only memory when CONFIG_STRICT_MODULE_RWX=y. Work around this by performing these writes through the text poke area by using patch_instruction(). R_PPC_REL24 is the only relocation type generated by the kpatch-build userspace tool or klp-convert kernel tree that I observed applying a relocation to a post-init module. A more comprehensive solution is planned, but using patch_instruction() for R_PPC_REL24 on should serve as a sufficient fix. This does have a performance impact, I observed ~15% overhead in module_load() on POWER8 bare metal with checksum verification off. Fixes:c35717c71e("powerpc: Set ARCH_HAS_STRICT_MODULE_RWX") Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org # v5.14+ Reported-by: Joe Lawrence <joe.lawrence@redhat.com> Signed-off-by: Russell Currey <ruscur@russell.cc> Tested-by: Joe Lawrence <joe.lawrence@redhat.com> [mpe: Check return codes from patch_instruction()] Signed-off-by: Michael Ellerman <mpe@ellerman.id.au> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20211214121248.777249-1-mpe@ellerman.id.au Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
Linux kernel
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There are several guides for kernel developers and users. These guides can
be rendered in a number of formats, like HTML and PDF. Please read
Documentation/admin-guide/README.rst first.
In order to build the documentation, use ``make htmldocs`` or
``make pdfdocs``. The formatted documentation can also be read online at:
https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/latest/
There are various text files in the Documentation/ subdirectory,
several of them using the Restructured Text markup notation.
Please read the Documentation/process/changes.rst file, as it contains the
requirements for building and running the kernel, and information about
the problems which may result by upgrading your kernel.