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authorLinus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>2017-02-20 17:13:23 -0800
committerLinus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>2017-02-20 17:13:23 -0800
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Merge branch 'for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/jikos/livepatching
Pull livepatching updates from Jiri Kosina: - removal of dead code (Kamalesh Babulal) - documentation update (Miroslav Benes) * 'for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/jikos/livepatching: livepatch: doc: remove the limitation for schedule() patching powerpc/livepatch: Remove klp_write_module_reloc() stub
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diff --git a/Documentation/livepatch/livepatch.txt b/Documentation/livepatch/livepatch.txt
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@@ -329,25 +329,6 @@ The current Livepatch implementation has several limitations:
by "notrace".
- + Anything inlined into __schedule() can not be patched.
-
- The switch_to macro is inlined into __schedule(). It switches the
- context between two processes in the middle of the macro. It does
- not save RIP in x86_64 version (contrary to 32-bit version). Instead,
- the currently used __schedule()/switch_to() handles both processes.
-
- Now, let's have two different tasks. One calls the original
- __schedule(), its registers are stored in a defined order and it
- goes to sleep in the switch_to macro and some other task is restored
- using the original __schedule(). Then there is the second task which
- calls patched__schedule(), it goes to sleep there and the first task
- is picked by the patched__schedule(). Its RSP is restored and now
- the registers should be restored as well. But the order is different
- in the new patched__schedule(), so...
-
- There is work in progress to remove this limitation.
-
-
+ Livepatch modules can not be removed.
The current implementation just redirects the functions at the very