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authorPetr Mladek <pmladek@suse.com>2019-01-09 13:43:19 +0100
committerJiri Kosina <jkosina@suse.cz>2019-01-11 20:51:23 +0100
commit19514910d021c93c7823ec32067e6b7dea224f0f (patch)
tree3df053de0eb62fec2557e24bd807cae328d4f21a /kernel/livepatch/patch.h
parentMerge branch 'for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/jik... (diff)
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livepatch: Change unsigned long old_addr -> void *old_func in struct klp_func
The address of the to be patched function and new function is stored in struct klp_func as: void *new_func; unsigned long old_addr; The different naming scheme and type are derived from the way the addresses are set. @old_addr is assigned at runtime using kallsyms-based search. @new_func is statically initialized, for example: static struct klp_func funcs[] = { { .old_name = "cmdline_proc_show", .new_func = livepatch_cmdline_proc_show, }, { } }; This patch changes unsigned long old_addr -> void *old_func. It removes some confusion when these address are later used in the code. It is motivated by a followup patch that adds special NOP struct klp_func where we want to assign func->new_func = func->old_addr respectively func->new_func = func->old_func. This patch does not modify the existing behavior. Suggested-by: Josh Poimboeuf <jpoimboe@redhat.com> Signed-off-by: Petr Mladek <pmladek@suse.com> Acked-by: Miroslav Benes <mbenes@suse.cz> Acked-by: Joe Lawrence <joe.lawrence@redhat.com> Acked-by: Alice Ferrazzi <alice.ferrazzi@gmail.com> Acked-by: Josh Poimboeuf <jpoimboe@redhat.com> Signed-off-by: Jiri Kosina <jkosina@suse.cz>
Diffstat (limited to 'kernel/livepatch/patch.h')
-rw-r--r--kernel/livepatch/patch.h4
1 files changed, 2 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/kernel/livepatch/patch.h b/kernel/livepatch/patch.h
index e72d8250d04b..a9b16e513656 100644
--- a/kernel/livepatch/patch.h
+++ b/kernel/livepatch/patch.h
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
* struct klp_ops - structure for tracking registered ftrace ops structs
*
* A single ftrace_ops is shared between all enabled replacement functions
- * (klp_func structs) which have the same old_addr. This allows the switch
+ * (klp_func structs) which have the same old_func. This allows the switch
* between function versions to happen instantaneously by updating the klp_ops
* struct's func_stack list. The winner is the klp_func at the top of the
* func_stack (front of the list).
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ struct klp_ops {
struct ftrace_ops fops;
};
-struct klp_ops *klp_find_ops(unsigned long old_addr);
+struct klp_ops *klp_find_ops(void *old_func);
int klp_patch_object(struct klp_object *obj);
void klp_unpatch_object(struct klp_object *obj);