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| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/livepatch/api.rst | 30 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/livepatch/index.rst | 1 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/livepatch/module-elf-format.rst | 10 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/livepatch/shadow-vars.rst | 4 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/livepatch/system-state.rst | 4 |
5 files changed, 40 insertions, 9 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/livepatch/api.rst b/Documentation/livepatch/api.rst new file mode 100644 index 000000000000..78944b63d74b --- /dev/null +++ b/Documentation/livepatch/api.rst @@ -0,0 +1,30 @@ +.. SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0 + +================= +Livepatching APIs +================= + +Livepatch Enablement +==================== + +.. kernel-doc:: kernel/livepatch/core.c + :export: + + +Shadow Variables +================ + +.. kernel-doc:: kernel/livepatch/shadow.c + :export: + +System State Changes +==================== + +.. kernel-doc:: kernel/livepatch/state.c + :export: + +Object Types +============ + +.. kernel-doc:: include/linux/livepatch.h + :identifiers: klp_patch klp_object klp_func klp_callbacks klp_state diff --git a/Documentation/livepatch/index.rst b/Documentation/livepatch/index.rst index 43cce5fad705..cebf1c71d4a5 100644 --- a/Documentation/livepatch/index.rst +++ b/Documentation/livepatch/index.rst @@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ Kernel Livepatching shadow-vars system-state reliable-stacktrace + api .. only:: subproject and html diff --git a/Documentation/livepatch/module-elf-format.rst b/Documentation/livepatch/module-elf-format.rst index dbe9b400e39f..7347638895a0 100644 --- a/Documentation/livepatch/module-elf-format.rst +++ b/Documentation/livepatch/module-elf-format.rst @@ -210,11 +210,11 @@ module->symtab. ===================================== Normally, a stripped down copy of a module's symbol table (containing only "core" symbols) is made available through module->symtab (See layout_symtab() -in kernel/module.c). For livepatch modules, the symbol table copied into memory -on module load must be exactly the same as the symbol table produced when the -patch module was compiled. This is because the relocations in each livepatch -relocation section refer to their respective symbols with their symbol indices, -and the original symbol indices (and thus the symtab ordering) must be +in kernel/module/kallsyms.c). For livepatch modules, the symbol table copied +into memory on module load must be exactly the same as the symbol table produced +when the patch module was compiled. This is because the relocations in each +livepatch relocation section refer to their respective symbols with their symbol +indices, and the original symbol indices (and thus the symtab ordering) must be preserved in order for apply_relocate_add() to find the right symbol. For example, take this particular rela from a livepatch module::: diff --git a/Documentation/livepatch/shadow-vars.rst b/Documentation/livepatch/shadow-vars.rst index 6a7d43a8787d..7a7098bfb5c8 100644 --- a/Documentation/livepatch/shadow-vars.rst +++ b/Documentation/livepatch/shadow-vars.rst @@ -82,8 +82,8 @@ to do actions that can be done only once when a new variable is allocated. - call destructor function if defined - free shadow variable -* klp_shadow_free_all() - detach and free all <*, id> shadow variables - - find and remove any <*, id> references from global hashtable +* klp_shadow_free_all() - detach and free all <_, id> shadow variables + - find and remove any <_, id> references from global hashtable - if found diff --git a/Documentation/livepatch/system-state.rst b/Documentation/livepatch/system-state.rst index c6d127c2d9aa..7a3935fd812b 100644 --- a/Documentation/livepatch/system-state.rst +++ b/Documentation/livepatch/system-state.rst @@ -52,12 +52,12 @@ struct klp_state: The state can be manipulated using two functions: - - *klp_get_state(patch, id)* + - klp_get_state() - Get struct klp_state associated with the given livepatch and state id. - - *klp_get_prev_state(id)* + - klp_get_prev_state() - Get struct klp_state associated with the given feature id and already installed livepatches. |