Re: [PATCH v3 0/2] Improve handling of the __klp_{objects,funcs} sections in modules

From: Miroslav Benes

Date: Tue Feb 03 2026 - 05:27:17 EST


On Fri, 23 Jan 2026, Petr Pavlu wrote:

> Changes since v2 [1]:
> - Generalize the helper function that locates __klp_objects in a module
> to allow it to find any data in other sections as well.
>
> Changes since v1 [2]:
> - Generalize the helper function that locates __klp_objects in a module
> to allow it to find objects in other sections as well.
>
> [1] https://lore.kernel.org/linux-modules/20260121082842.3050453-1-petr.pavlu@xxxxxxxx/
> [2] https://lore.kernel.org/linux-modules/20260114123056.2045816-1-petr.pavlu@xxxxxxxx/
>
> Petr Pavlu (2):
> livepatch: Fix having __klp_objects relics in non-livepatch modules
> livepatch: Free klp_{object,func}_ext data after initialization
>
> include/linux/livepatch.h | 3 +++
> kernel/livepatch/core.c | 19 +++++++++++++++++++
> scripts/livepatch/init.c | 20 +++++++++-----------
> scripts/module.lds.S | 9 ++-------
> tools/objtool/check.c | 2 +-
> tools/objtool/include/objtool/klp.h | 10 +++++-----
> tools/objtool/klp-diff.c | 2 +-
> 7 files changed, 40 insertions(+), 25 deletions(-)
>
>
> base-commit: 0f61b1860cc3f52aef9036d7235ed1f017632193

Acked-by: Miroslav Benes <mbenes@xxxxxxx>

Thank you,
M