Re: [PATCH v3 5/6] x86/ftrace: Use text_poke()

[Joe Lawrence]

On 10/15/19 10:13 AM, Miroslav Benes wrote:
> Yes, it does. klp_module_coming() calls module_disable_ro() on all
> patching modules which patch the coming module in order to call
> apply_relocate_add(). New (patching) code for a module can be relocated
> only when the relevant module is loaded.

FWIW, would the LPC blue-sky2 model (ie, Steve's suggestion @ plumber's 
where livepatches only patch a single object and updates are kept on 
disk to handle coming module updates as they are loaded) eliminate those 
outstanding relocations and the need to perform this late permission 
flipping?

-- Joe