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Instead of saving a pointer to the .plt and .init.plt sections to apply
plt-based relocations, save and use their section indices instead.
The mod->arch.{core,init}.plt pointers were problematic for livepatch
because they pointed within temporary section headers (provided by the
module loader via info->sechdrs) that would be freed after module load.
Since livepatch modules may need to apply relocations post-module-load
(for example, to patch a module that is loaded later), using section
indices to offset into the section headers (instead of accessing them
through a saved pointer) allows livepatch modules on arm64 to pass in
their own copy of the section headers to apply_relocate_add() to apply
delayed relocations.
Reviewed-by: Ard Biesheuvel <ard.biesheuvel@linaro.org>
Reviewed-by: Miroslav Benes <mbenes@suse.cz>
Signed-off-by: Jessica Yu <jeyu@kernel.org>
Signed-off-by: Will Deacon <will.deacon@arm.com>
Linux kernel
============
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.