* SHF_RELA_LIVEPATCH, nor does it support having two RELA sections for a
* single PROGBITS section.
*
- * "objname" is the name of the object being patched ("vmlinux" or a module
- * name). post-link uses it to name the resulting
+ * "objname" is the object whose loading gates the relocation: "vmlinux" for
+ * references to vmlinux symbols, otherwise the name of the module being
+ * patched. post-link uses it to name the resulting
* .klp.rela.objname.section_name sections.
*/
#define KLP_RELOCS_SEC "__klp_relocs"
struct section *sec, unsigned long offset,
struct export *export)
{
+ const char *sym_modname, *sym_orig_name, *sec_objname;
struct symbol *patched_sym = patched_reloc->sym;
s64 addend = reloc_addend(patched_reloc);
- const char *sym_modname, *sym_orig_name;
- static struct section *klp_relocs;
char tombstone_name[SYM_NAME_LEN];
struct symbol *sym, *klp_sym;
unsigned long klp_reloc_off;
+ struct section *klp_relocs;
+ char sec_name[SEC_NAME_LEN];
char sym_name[SYM_NAME_LEN];
struct klp_reloc klp_reloc;
unsigned long sympos;
* This intermediate step is necessary to prevent corruption by the
* linker, which doesn't know how to properly handle two rela sections
* applying to the same base section.
+ *
+ * The objname decides when the reloc gets applied. A reference to a
+ * vmlinux symbol goes in the vmlinux section so it gets applied when
+ * the patch module loads. Everything else goes in the patched
+ * object's section, applied when the patched module is loaded.
*/
- if (!klp_relocs) {
- const char *objname = find_modname(e);
- char sec_name[SEC_NAME_LEN];
-
- if (!objname)
+ if (!strcmp(sym_modname, "vmlinux")) {
+ sec_objname = "vmlinux";
+ } else {
+ sec_objname = find_modname(e);
+ if (!sec_objname)
return -1;
+ }
- /* section format: __klp_relocs.objname */
- if (snprintf_check(sec_name, SEC_NAME_LEN,
- KLP_RELOCS_SEC ".%s", objname))
- return -1;
+ /* section format: __klp_relocs.objname */
+ if (snprintf_check(sec_name, SEC_NAME_LEN,
+ KLP_RELOCS_SEC ".%s", sec_objname))
+ return -1;
+ klp_relocs = find_section_by_name(e->out, sec_name);
+ if (!klp_relocs) {
klp_relocs = elf_create_section(e->out, sec_name, 0,
0, SHT_PROGBITS, 8, SHF_ALLOC);
if (!klp_relocs)