linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 0/7] livepatch,module: Remove .klp.arch and module_disable

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Date:   Tue, 14 Apr 2020 20:57:15 -0400
From:   Joe Lawrence <joe.lawrence@...hat.com>
To:     Josh Poimboeuf <jpoimboe@...hat.com>, live-patching@...r.kernel.org
Cc:     linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>,
        Jessica Yu <jeyu@...nel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 0/7] livepatch,module: Remove .klp.arch and
 module_disable_ro()

On 4/14/20 12:28 PM, Josh Poimboeuf wrote:
> Better late than never, these patches add simplifications and
> improvements for some issues Peter found six months ago, as part of his
> non-writable text code (W^X) cleanups.
> 
> Highlights:
> 
> - Remove the livepatch arch-specific .klp.arch sections, which were used
>    to do paravirt patching and alternatives patching for livepatch
>    replacement code.
> 
> - Add support for jump labels in patched code.

Re: jump labels and late-module patching support...

Is there still an issue of a non-exported static key defined in a 
to-be-patched module referenced and resolved via klp-relocation when the 
livepatch module is loaded first?  (Basically the same case I asked Petr 
about in his split livepatch module PoC. [1])

Or should we declare this an invalid klp-relocation use case and force 
the livepatch author to use static_key_enabled()?

[1] https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/20200407205740.GA17061@redhat.com/

-- Joe