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powerpc/module_64: Fix livepatching for RO modules
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Livepatching a loaded module involves applying relocations through
apply_relocate_add(), which attempts to write to read-only memory when
CONFIG_STRICT_MODULE_RWX=y.  Work around this by performing these
writes through the text poke area by using patch_instruction().

R_PPC_REL24 is the only relocation type generated by the kpatch-build
userspace tool or klp-convert kernel tree that I observed applying a
relocation to a post-init module.

A more comprehensive solution is planned, but using patch_instruction()
for R_PPC_REL24 on should serve as a sufficient fix.

This does have a performance impact, I observed ~15% overhead in
module_load() on POWER8 bare metal with checksum verification off.

Fixes: c35717c ("powerpc: Set ARCH_HAS_STRICT_MODULE_RWX")
Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org # v5.14+
Reported-by: Joe Lawrence <joe.lawrence@redhat.com>
Signed-off-by: Russell Currey <ruscur@russell.cc>
Tested-by: Joe Lawrence <joe.lawrence@redhat.com>
[mpe: Check return codes from patch_instruction()]
Signed-off-by: Michael Ellerman <mpe@ellerman.id.au>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20211214121248.777249-1-mpe@ellerman.id.au
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Russell Currey authored and Michael Ellerman committed Dec 14, 2021
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42 changes: 34 additions & 8 deletions arch/powerpc/kernel/module_64.c
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Expand Up @@ -422,11 +422,17 @@ static inline int create_stub(const Elf64_Shdr *sechdrs,
const char *name)
{
long reladdr;
func_desc_t desc;
int i;

if (is_mprofile_ftrace_call(name))
return create_ftrace_stub(entry, addr, me);

memcpy(entry->jump, ppc64_stub_insns, sizeof(ppc64_stub_insns));
for (i = 0; i < sizeof(ppc64_stub_insns) / sizeof(u32); i++) {
if (patch_instruction(&entry->jump[i],
ppc_inst(ppc64_stub_insns[i])))
return 0;
}

/* Stub uses address relative to r2. */
reladdr = (unsigned long)entry - my_r2(sechdrs, me);
Expand All @@ -437,10 +443,24 @@ static inline int create_stub(const Elf64_Shdr *sechdrs,
}
pr_debug("Stub %p get data from reladdr %li\n", entry, reladdr);

entry->jump[0] |= PPC_HA(reladdr);
entry->jump[1] |= PPC_LO(reladdr);
entry->funcdata = func_desc(addr);
entry->magic = STUB_MAGIC;
if (patch_instruction(&entry->jump[0],
ppc_inst(entry->jump[0] | PPC_HA(reladdr))))
return 0;

if (patch_instruction(&entry->jump[1],
ppc_inst(entry->jump[1] | PPC_LO(reladdr))))
return 0;

// func_desc_t is 8 bytes if ABIv2, else 16 bytes
desc = func_desc(addr);
for (i = 0; i < sizeof(func_desc_t) / sizeof(u32); i++) {
if (patch_instruction(((u32 *)&entry->funcdata) + i,
ppc_inst(((u32 *)(&desc))[i])))
return 0;
}

if (patch_instruction(&entry->magic, ppc_inst(STUB_MAGIC)))
return 0;

return 1;
}
Expand Down Expand Up @@ -495,8 +515,11 @@ static int restore_r2(const char *name, u32 *instruction, struct module *me)
me->name, *instruction, instruction);
return 0;
}

/* ld r2,R2_STACK_OFFSET(r1) */
*instruction = PPC_INST_LD_TOC;
if (patch_instruction(instruction, ppc_inst(PPC_INST_LD_TOC)))
return 0;

return 1;
}

Expand Down Expand Up @@ -636,9 +659,12 @@ int apply_relocate_add(Elf64_Shdr *sechdrs,
}

/* Only replace bits 2 through 26 */
*(uint32_t *)location
= (*(uint32_t *)location & ~0x03fffffc)
value = (*(uint32_t *)location & ~0x03fffffc)
| (value & 0x03fffffc);

if (patch_instruction((u32 *)location, ppc_inst(value)))
return -EFAULT;

break;

case R_PPC64_REL64:
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