[PATCH v4 03/11] livepatch: Remove .klp.arch

[Josh Poimboeuf]

From: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>

After the previous patch, vmlinux-specific KLP relocations are now
applied early during KLP module load.  This means that .klp.arch
sections are no longer needed for *vmlinux-specific* KLP relocations.

One might think they're still needed for *module-specific* KLP
relocations.  If a to-be-patched module is loaded *after* its
corresponding KLP module is loaded, any corresponding KLP relocations
will be delayed until the to-be-patched module is loaded.  If any
special sections (.parainstructions, for example) rely on those
relocations, their initializations (apply_paravirt) need to be done
afterwards.  Thus the apparent need for arch_klp_init_object_loaded()
and its corresponding .klp.arch sections -- it allows some of the
special section initializations to be done at a later time.

But... if you look closer, that dependency between the special sections
and the module-specific KLP relocations doesn't actually exist in
reality.  Looking at the contents of the .altinstructions and
.parainstructions sections, there's not a realistic scenario in which a
KLP module's .altinstructions or .parainstructions section needs to
access a symbol in a to-be-patched module.  It might need to access a
local symbol or even a vmlinux symbol; but not another module's symbol.
When a special section needs to reference a local or vmlinux symbol, a
normal rela can be used instead of a KLP rela.

Since the special section initializations don't actually have any real
dependency on module-specific KLP relocations, .klp.arch and
arch_klp_init_object_loaded() no longer have a reason to exist.  So
remove them.

As Peter said much more succinctly:

  So the reason for .klp.arch was that .klp.rela.* stuff would overwrite
  paravirt instructions. If that happens you're doing it wrong. Those
  RELAs are core kernel, not module, and thus should've happened in
  .rela.* sections at patch-module loading time.

  Reverting this removes the two apply_{paravirt,alternatives}() calls
  from the late patching path, and means we don't have to worry about
  them when removing module_disable_ro().

[ jpoimboe: Rewrote patch description.  Tweaked klp_init_object_loaded()
	    error path. ]

Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra (Intel) <peterz@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Josh Poimboeuf <jpoimboe@xxxxxxxxxx>
Acked-by: Peter Zijlstra (Intel) <peterz@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Acked-by: Joe Lawrence <joe.lawrence@xxxxxxxxxx>
Acked-by: Miroslav Benes <mbenes@xxxxxxx>
---
 Documentation/livepatch/module-elf-format.rst | 15 +-----
 arch/x86/kernel/Makefile                      |  1 -
 arch/x86/kernel/livepatch.c                   | 53 -------------------
 include/linux/livepatch.h                     |  3 --
 kernel/livepatch/core.c                       | 27 ++++------
 5 files changed, 11 insertions(+), 88 deletions(-)
 delete mode 100644 arch/x86/kernel/livepatch.c

diff --git a/Documentation/livepatch/module-elf-format.rst b/Documentation/livepatch/module-elf-format.rst
index 2a591e6f8e6c..8c6b894c4661 100644
--- a/Documentation/livepatch/module-elf-format.rst
+++ b/Documentation/livepatch/module-elf-format.rst
@@ -14,8 +14,7 @@ This document outlines the Elf format requirements that livepatch modules must f
    4. Livepatch symbols
       4.1 A livepatch module's symbol table
       4.2 Livepatch symbol format
-   5. Architecture-specific sections
-   6. Symbol table and Elf section access
+   5. Symbol table and Elf section access
 
 1. Background and motivation
 ============================
@@ -298,17 +297,7 @@ Examples:
   Note that the 'Ndx' (Section index) for these symbols is SHN_LIVEPATCH (0xff20).
   "OS" means OS-specific.
 
-5. Architecture-specific sections
-=================================
-Architectures may override arch_klp_init_object_loaded() to perform
-additional arch-specific tasks when a target module loads, such as applying
-arch-specific sections. On x86 for example, we must apply per-object
-.altinstructions and .parainstructions sections when a target module loads.
-These sections must be prefixed with ".klp.arch.$objname." so that they can
-be easily identified when iterating through a patch module's Elf sections
-(See arch/x86/kernel/livepatch.c for a complete example).
-
-6. Symbol table and Elf section access
+5. Symbol table and Elf section access
 ======================================
 A livepatch module's symbol table is accessible through module->symtab.
 
diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/Makefile b/arch/x86/kernel/Makefile
index 92e1261ec4ec..e77261db2391 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/Makefile
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/Makefile
@@ -94,7 +94,6 @@ obj-$(CONFIG_X86_MPPARSE)	+= mpparse.o
 obj-y				+= apic/
 obj-$(CONFIG_X86_REBOOTFIXUPS)	+= reboot_fixups_32.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_DYNAMIC_FTRACE)	+= ftrace.o
-obj-$(CONFIG_LIVEPATCH)	+= livepatch.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_FUNCTION_TRACER)	+= ftrace_$(BITS).o
 obj-$(CONFIG_FUNCTION_GRAPH_TRACER) += ftrace.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_FTRACE_SYSCALLS)	+= ftrace.o
diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/livepatch.c b/arch/x86/kernel/livepatch.c
deleted file mode 100644
index 6a68e41206e7..000000000000
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/livepatch.c
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,53 +0,0 @@
-// SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-or-later
-/*
- * livepatch.c - x86-specific Kernel Live Patching Core
- */
-
-#include <linux/module.h>
-#include <linux/kallsyms.h>
-#include <linux/livepatch.h>
-#include <asm/text-patching.h>
-
-/* Apply per-object alternatives. Based on x86 module_finalize() */
-void arch_klp_init_object_loaded(struct klp_patch *patch,
-				 struct klp_object *obj)
-{
-	int cnt;
-	struct klp_modinfo *info;
-	Elf_Shdr *s, *alt = NULL, *para = NULL;
-	void *aseg, *pseg;
-	const char *objname;
-	char sec_objname[MODULE_NAME_LEN];
-	char secname[KSYM_NAME_LEN];
-
-	info = patch->mod->klp_info;
-	objname = obj->name ? obj->name : "vmlinux";
-
-	/* See livepatch core code for BUILD_BUG_ON() explanation */
-	BUILD_BUG_ON(MODULE_NAME_LEN < 56 || KSYM_NAME_LEN != 128);
-
-	for (s = info->sechdrs; s < info->sechdrs + info->hdr.e_shnum; s++) {
-		/* Apply per-object .klp.arch sections */
-		cnt = sscanf(info->secstrings + s->sh_name,
-			     ".klp.arch.%55[^.].%127s",
-			     sec_objname, secname);
-		if (cnt != 2)
-			continue;
-		if (strcmp(sec_objname, objname))
-			continue;
-		if (!strcmp(".altinstructions", secname))
-			alt = s;
-		if (!strcmp(".parainstructions", secname))
-			para = s;
-	}
-
-	if (alt) {
-		aseg = (void *) alt->sh_addr;
-		apply_alternatives(aseg, aseg + alt->sh_size);
-	}
-
-	if (para) {
-		pseg = (void *) para->sh_addr;
-		apply_paravirt(pseg, pseg + para->sh_size);
-	}
-}
diff --git a/include/linux/livepatch.h b/include/linux/livepatch.h
index c4302e9a5905..2614247a9781 100644
--- a/include/linux/livepatch.h
+++ b/include/linux/livepatch.h
@@ -195,9 +195,6 @@ struct klp_patch {
 
 int klp_enable_patch(struct klp_patch *);
 
-void arch_klp_init_object_loaded(struct klp_patch *patch,
-				 struct klp_object *obj);
-
 /* Called from the module loader during module coming/going states */
 int klp_module_coming(struct module *mod);
 void klp_module_going(struct module *mod);
diff --git a/kernel/livepatch/core.c b/kernel/livepatch/core.c
index c02791e5c75b..16632e75112a 100644
--- a/kernel/livepatch/core.c
+++ b/kernel/livepatch/core.c
@@ -729,12 +729,6 @@ static int klp_init_func(struct klp_object *obj, struct klp_func *func)
 			   func->old_sympos ? func->old_sympos : 1);
 }
 
-/* Arches may override this to finish any remaining arch-specific tasks */
-void __weak arch_klp_init_object_loaded(struct klp_patch *patch,
-					struct klp_object *obj)
-{
-}
-
 int klp_apply_object_relocs(struct klp_patch *patch, struct klp_object *obj)
 {
 	int i, ret;
@@ -764,10 +758,11 @@ static int klp_init_object_loaded(struct klp_patch *patch,
 	struct klp_func *func;
 	int ret;
 
-	mutex_lock(&text_mutex);
-	module_disable_ro(patch->mod);
-
 	if (klp_is_module(obj)) {
+
+		mutex_lock(&text_mutex);
+		module_disable_ro(patch->mod);
+
 		/*
 		 * Only write module-specific relocations here
 		 * (.klp.rela.{module}.*).  vmlinux-specific relocations were
@@ -775,17 +770,13 @@ static int klp_init_object_loaded(struct klp_patch *patch,
 		 * itself.
 		 */
 		ret = klp_apply_object_relocs(patch, obj);
-		if (ret) {
-			module_enable_ro(patch->mod, true);
-			mutex_unlock(&text_mutex);
-			return ret;
-		}
-	}
 
-	arch_klp_init_object_loaded(patch, obj);
+		module_enable_ro(patch->mod, true);
+		mutex_unlock(&text_mutex);
 
-	module_enable_ro(patch->mod, true);
-	mutex_unlock(&text_mutex);
+		if (ret)
+			return ret;
+	}
 
 	klp_for_each_func(obj, func) {
 		ret = klp_find_object_symbol(obj->name, func->old_name,
-- 
2.21.1