Merge branch 'linus' into perf/core, to refresh the branch

Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <[email protected]>

1 files changed, 0 insertions, 70 deletions

diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/livepatch.c b/arch/x86/kernel/livepatch.c
deleted file mode 100644
index 92fc1a51f994..000000000000
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/livepatch.c
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,70 +0,0 @@
-/*
- * livepatch.c - x86-specific Kernel Live Patching Core
- *
- * Copyright (C) 2014 Seth Jennings <[email protected]>
- * Copyright (C) 2014 SUSE
- *
- * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
- * modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License
- * as published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2
- * of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
- *
- * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
- * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
- * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
- * GNU General Public License for more details.
- *
- * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
- * along with this program; if not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
- */
-
-#include <linux/module.h>
-#include <linux/uaccess.h>
-#include <asm/elf.h>
-#include <asm/livepatch.h>
-
-/**
- * klp_write_module_reloc() - write a relocation in a module
- * @mod:	module in which the section to be modified is found
- * @type:	ELF relocation type (see asm/elf.h)
- * @loc:	address that the relocation should be written to
- * @value:	relocation value (sym address + addend)
- *
- * This function writes a relocation to the specified location for
- * a particular module.
- */
-int klp_write_module_reloc(struct module *mod, unsigned long type,
-			   unsigned long loc, unsigned long value)
-{
-	size_t size = 4;
-	unsigned long val;
-	unsigned long core = (unsigned long)mod->core_layout.base;
-	unsigned long core_size = mod->core_layout.size;
-
-	switch (type) {
-	case R_X86_64_NONE:
-		return 0;
-	case R_X86_64_64:
-		val = value;
-		size = 8;
-		break;
-	case R_X86_64_32:
-		val = (u32)value;
-		break;
-	case R_X86_64_32S:
-		val = (s32)value;
-		break;
-	case R_X86_64_PC32:
-		val = (u32)(value - loc);
-		break;
-	default:
-		/* unsupported relocation type */
-		return -EINVAL;
-	}
-
-	if (loc < core || loc >= core + core_size)
-		/* loc does not point to any symbol inside the module */
-		return -EINVAL;
-
-	return probe_kernel_write((void *)loc, &val, size);
-}