linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 3/5] powerpc/livepatch: Add livepatch header

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Date:	Thu, 14 Apr 2016 14:23:29 +0200 (CEST)
From:	Miroslav Benes <mbenes@...e.cz>
To:	Michael Ellerman <mpe@...erman.id.au>
cc:	linuxppc-dev@...abs.org, bsingharora@...il.com, duwe@....de,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, rostedt@...dmis.org,
	kamalesh@...ux.vnet.ibm.com, pmladek@...e.com, jeyu@...hat.com,
	jikos@...nel.org, live-patching@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 3/5] powerpc/livepatch: Add livepatch header

On Thu, 14 Apr 2016, Miroslav Benes wrote:

> On Wed, 13 Apr 2016, Michael Ellerman wrote:
> 
> > Add the powerpc specific livepatch definitions. In particular we provide
> > a non-default implementation of klp_get_ftrace_location().
> > 
> > This is required because the location of the mcount call is not constant
> > when using -mprofile-kernel (which we always do for live patching).
> > 
> > Signed-off-by: Torsten Duwe <duwe@...e.de>
> > Signed-off-by: Balbir Singh <bsingharora@...il.com>
> > Signed-off-by: Michael Ellerman <mpe@...erman.id.au>
> > ---
> >  arch/powerpc/include/asm/livepatch.h | 54 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
> >  1 file changed, 54 insertions(+)
> >  create mode 100644 arch/powerpc/include/asm/livepatch.h
> > 
> > diff --git a/arch/powerpc/include/asm/livepatch.h b/arch/powerpc/include/asm/livepatch.h
> > new file mode 100644
> > index 000000000000..ad36e8e34fa1
> > --- /dev/null
> > +++ b/arch/powerpc/include/asm/livepatch.h
> > @@ -0,0 +1,54 @@
> > +/*
> > + * livepatch.h - powerpc-specific Kernel Live Patching Core
> > + *
> > + * Copyright (C) 2015-2016, SUSE, IBM Corp.
> > + *
> > + * 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/>.
> > + */
> > +#ifndef _ASM_POWERPC_LIVEPATCH_H
> > +#define _ASM_POWERPC_LIVEPATCH_H
> > +
> > +#include <linux/module.h>
> > +#include <linux/ftrace.h>
> > +
> > +#ifdef CONFIG_LIVEPATCH
> 
> We don't use these guards in our header files since 335e073faacc ("klp: 
> remove CONFIG_LIVEPATCH dependency from klp headers").

...but you're gonna need it in the next patch...