Commit 1348c3cc authored by Cheng Jian's avatar Cheng Jian Committed by Xie XiuQi
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livepatch/core: allow implementation without ftrace



euler inclusion
category: feature
Bugzilla: 5507
CVE: N/A

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support for livepatch without ftrace mode

new config for WO_FTRACE
	CONFIG_LIVEPATCH_WO_FTRACE=y
	CONFIG_LIVEPATCH_STACK=y

Implements livepatch without ftrace by direct jump, we
directly modify the first few instructions(usually one,
but four for long jumps under ARM64) of the old function
as jump instructions by stop_machine, so it will jump to
the first address of the new function when livepatch enable

KERNEL/MODULE
call/bl A---------------old_A------------
                        | jump new_A----+--------|
                        |               |        |
                        |               |        |
                        -----------------        |
                                                 |
                                                 |
                                                 |
livepatch_module-------------                    |
|                           |                    |
|new_A <--------------------+--------------------|
|                           |
|                           |
|---------------------------|
| .plt                      |
| ......PLTS for livepatch  |
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something we need to consider under different architectures:

1. jump instruction
2. partial relocation in new function requires for livepatch.
3. long jumps may be required if the jump address exceeds the
   offset. both for livepatch relocation and livepatch enable.

Signed-off-by: default avatarCheng Jian <cj.chengjian@huawei.com>
Reviewed-by: default avatarLi Bin <huawei.libin@huawei.com>
Signed-off-by: default avatarYang Yingliang <yangyingliang@huawei.com>
parent 1f6836e2
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