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Author SHA1 Message Date
Josh Poimboeuf
12cf89b550 livepatch: rename config to CONFIG_LIVEPATCH
Rename CONFIG_LIVE_PATCHING to CONFIG_LIVEPATCH to make the naming of
the config and the code more consistent.

Signed-off-by: Josh Poimboeuf <jpoimboe@redhat.com>
Reviewed-by: Jingoo Han <jg1.han@samsung.com>
Signed-off-by: Jiri Kosina <jkosina@suse.cz>
2015-02-04 11:25:51 +01:00
Miroslav Benes
32b7eb8771 livepatch: change ARCH_HAVE_LIVE_PATCHING to HAVE_LIVE_PATCHING
Change ARCH_HAVE_LIVE_PATCHING to HAVE_LIVE_PATCHING in Kconfigs. HAVE_
bools are prevalent there and we should go with the flow.

Suggested-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Miroslav Benes <mbenes@suse.cz>
Acked-by: Josh Poimboeuf <jpoimboe@redhat.com>
Signed-off-by: Jiri Kosina <jkosina@suse.cz>
2015-01-20 15:02:25 +01:00
Christoph Jaeger
83ac237a95 livepatch: kconfig: use bool instead of boolean
Keyword 'boolean' for type definition attributes is considered deprecated and
should not be used anymore. No functional changes.

Reference: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/cover.1418003065.git.cj@linux.com
Reference: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/1419108071-11607-1-git-send-email-cj@linux.com

Signed-off-by: Christoph Jaeger <cj@linux.com>
Reviewed-by: Petr Mladek <pmladek@suse.cz>
Reviewed-by: Jingoo Han <jg1.han@samsung.com>
Acked-by: Josh Poimboeuf <jpoimboe@redhat.com>
Signed-off-by: Jiri Kosina <jkosina@suse.cz>
2015-01-06 21:58:05 +01:00
Seth Jennings
b700e7f03d livepatch: kernel: add support for live patching
This commit introduces code for the live patching core.  It implements
an ftrace-based mechanism and kernel interface for doing live patching
of kernel and kernel module functions.

It represents the greatest common functionality set between kpatch and
kgraft and can accept patches built using either method.

This first version does not implement any consistency mechanism that
ensures that old and new code do not run together.  In practice, ~90% of
CVEs are safe to apply in this way, since they simply add a conditional
check.  However, any function change that can not execute safely with
the old version of the function can _not_ be safely applied in this
version.

[ jkosina@suse.cz: due to the number of contributions that got folded into
  this original patch from Seth Jennings, add SUSE's copyright as well, as
  discussed via e-mail ]

Signed-off-by: Seth Jennings <sjenning@redhat.com>
Signed-off-by: Josh Poimboeuf <jpoimboe@redhat.com>
Reviewed-by: Miroslav Benes <mbenes@suse.cz>
Reviewed-by: Petr Mladek <pmladek@suse.cz>
Reviewed-by: Masami Hiramatsu <masami.hiramatsu.pt@hitachi.com>
Signed-off-by: Miroslav Benes <mbenes@suse.cz>
Signed-off-by: Petr Mladek <pmladek@suse.cz>
Signed-off-by: Jiri Kosina <jkosina@suse.cz>
2014-12-22 15:40:49 +01:00