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Date:   Tue, 22 Oct 2019 13:31:16 +0200
From:   Heiko Carstens <heiko.carstens@de.ibm.com>
To:     Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org>
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Subject: Re: [PATCH v4 15/16] module: Move where we mark modules RO,X
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On Mon, Oct 21, 2019 at 06:11:35PM +0200, Peter Zijlstra wrote:
> On Mon, Oct 21, 2019 at 05:34:25PM +0200, Peter Zijlstra wrote:
> > On Mon, Oct 21, 2019 at 04:14:02PM +0200, Peter Zijlstra wrote:
> 
> > So On IRC Josh suggested we use text_poke() for RELA. Since KLP is only
> > available on Power and x86, and Power does not have STRICT_MODULE_RWX,
> > the below should be sufficient.
> > 
> > Completely untested...
> 
> And because s390 also has: HAVE_LIVEPATCH and STRICT_MODULE_RWX the even
> less tested s390 bits included below.
> 
> Heiko, apologies if I completely wrecked it.
> 
> The purpose is to remove module_disable_ro()/module_enable_ro() from
> livepatch/core.c such that:
> 
>  - nothing relies on where in the module loading path module text goes RX.
>  - nothing ever has writable text

Given that Steven reported a crash, I assume I can wait until you
repost a new version of the series, which also includes s390 bits?