livepatch: function,sympos scheme in livepatch sysfs directory
authorChris J Arges <chris.j.arges@canonical.com>
Wed, 2 Dec 2015 02:40:56 +0000 (20:40 -0600)
committerJiri Kosina <jkosina@suse.cz>
Thu, 3 Dec 2015 22:01:27 +0000 (23:01 +0100)
The following directory structure will allow for cases when the same
function name exists in a single object.
/sys/kernel/livepatch/<patch>/<object>/<function,sympos>

The sympos number corresponds to the nth occurrence of the symbol name in
kallsyms for the patched object.

An example of patching multiple symbols can be found here:
https://github.com/dynup/kpatch/issues/493

Signed-off-by: Chris J Arges <chris.j.arges@canonical.com>
Reviewed-by: Petr Mladek <pmladek@suse.com>
Acked-by: Josh Poimboeuf <jpoimboe@redhat.com>
Signed-off-by: Jiri Kosina <jkosina@suse.cz>
Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-kernel-livepatch
kernel/livepatch/core.c

index 5bf42a8..da87f43 100644 (file)
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ Description:
                The object directory contains subdirectories for each function
                that is patched within the object.
 
-What:          /sys/kernel/livepatch/<patch>/<object>/<function>
+What:          /sys/kernel/livepatch/<patch>/<object>/<function,sympos>
 Date:          Nov 2014
 KernelVersion: 3.19.0
 Contact:       live-patching@vger.kernel.org
@@ -41,4 +41,8 @@ Description:
                The function directory contains attributes regarding the
                properties and state of the patched function.
 
+               The directory name contains the patched function name and a
+               sympos number corresponding to the nth occurrence of the symbol
+               name in kallsyms for the patched object.
+
                There are currently no such attributes.
index e842534..94893e8 100644 (file)
@@ -535,7 +535,7 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(klp_enable_patch);
  * /sys/kernel/livepatch/<patch>
  * /sys/kernel/livepatch/<patch>/enabled
  * /sys/kernel/livepatch/<patch>/<object>
- * /sys/kernel/livepatch/<patch>/<object>/<func>
+ * /sys/kernel/livepatch/<patch>/<object>/<function,sympos>
  */
 
 static ssize_t enabled_store(struct kobject *kobj, struct kobj_attribute *attr,
@@ -680,8 +680,14 @@ static int klp_init_func(struct klp_object *obj, struct klp_func *func)
        INIT_LIST_HEAD(&func->stack_node);
        func->state = KLP_DISABLED;
 
+       /* The format for the sysfs directory is <function,sympos> where sympos
+        * is the nth occurrence of this symbol in kallsyms for the patched
+        * object. If the user selects 0 for old_sympos, then 1 will be used
+        * since a unique symbol will be the first occurrence.
+        */
        return kobject_init_and_add(&func->kobj, &klp_ktype_func,
-                                   &obj->kobj, "%s", func->old_name);
+                                   &obj->kobj, "%s,%lu", func->old_name,
+                                   func->old_sympos ? func->old_sympos : 1);
 }
 
 /* parts of the initialization that is done only when the object is loaded */