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authorJiri Kosina <[email protected]>2023-04-26 22:52:34 +0200
committerJiri Kosina <[email protected]>2023-04-26 22:52:34 +0200
commitcdc780f044a803aff8845b949f800f0f3d095d5f (patch)
tree6695a80568f6b4aef414070f17859f434e229957 /include/linux/moduleloader.h
parent38518593ec55e897abda4b4be77b2ec8ec4447d1 (diff)
parent37386669887d3f2ccf021322c5558353d20f2387 (diff)
Merge branch 'for-6.4/amd-sfh' into for-linus
- assorted functional fixes for amd-sfh driver (Basavaraj Natikar)
Diffstat (limited to 'include/linux/moduleloader.h')
-rw-r--r--include/linux/moduleloader.h17
1 files changed, 17 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/include/linux/moduleloader.h b/include/linux/moduleloader.h
index 7b4587a19189..03be088fb439 100644
--- a/include/linux/moduleloader.h
+++ b/include/linux/moduleloader.h
@@ -75,6 +75,23 @@ int apply_relocate_add(Elf_Shdr *sechdrs,
unsigned int symindex,
unsigned int relsec,
struct module *mod);
+#ifdef CONFIG_LIVEPATCH
+/*
+ * Some architectures (namely x86_64 and ppc64) perform sanity checks when
+ * applying relocations. If a patched module gets unloaded and then later
+ * reloaded (and re-patched), klp re-applies relocations to the replacement
+ * function(s). Any leftover relocations from the previous loading of the
+ * patched module might trigger the sanity checks.
+ *
+ * To prevent that, when unloading a patched module, clear out any relocations
+ * that might trigger arch-specific sanity checks on a future module reload.
+ */
+void clear_relocate_add(Elf_Shdr *sechdrs,
+ const char *strtab,
+ unsigned int symindex,
+ unsigned int relsec,
+ struct module *me);
+#endif
#else
static inline int apply_relocate_add(Elf_Shdr *sechdrs,
const char *strtab,