xen/livepatch: Support new altcall scheme

The new altcall scheme uses an .alt_call_sites section.  Wire this up in very
much the same way as the .altinstructions section, although there is less
sanity checking necessary.

Signed-off-by: Andrew Cooper <andrew.cooper3@citrix.com>
Reviewed-by: Jan Beulich <jbeulich@suse.com>
Reviewed-by: Roger Pau Monné <roger.pau@citrix.com>
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Andrew Cooper committed 2025-04-23 19:37:57 +01:00
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@@ -479,6 +479,12 @@ int apply_alternatives(struct alt_instr *start, struct alt_instr *end)
{
return _apply_alternatives(start, end, true);
}
int livepatch_apply_alt_calls(const struct alt_call *start,
const struct alt_call *end)
{
return apply_alt_calls(start, end);
}
#endif
#define ALT_INSNS (1U << 0)
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@@ -905,6 +905,64 @@ static int prepare_payload(struct payload *payload,
#endif
}
sec = livepatch_elf_sec_by_name(elf, ".alt_call_sites");
if ( sec )
{
#ifdef CONFIG_ALTERNATIVE_CALL
const struct alt_call *a, *start, *end;
if ( !section_ok(elf, sec, sizeof(*a)) )
return -EINVAL;
/* Tolerate an empty .alt_call_sites section... */
if ( sec->sec->sh_size == 0 )
goto alt_call_done;
/* ... but otherwise, there needs to be something to alter... */
if ( payload->text_size == 0 )
{
printk(XENLOG_ERR LIVEPATCH "%s Alternative calls provided, but no .text\n",
elf->name);
return -EINVAL;
}
start = sec->addr;
end = sec->addr + sec->sec->sh_size;
for ( a = start; a < end; a++ )
{
const void *orig = ALT_CALL_PTR(a);
size_t len = ALT_CALL_LEN(a);
/* orig must be fully within .text. */
if ( orig < payload->text_addr ||
len > payload->text_size ||
orig + len > payload->text_addr + payload->text_size )
{
printk(XENLOG_ERR LIVEPATCH
"%s: Alternative call %p+%#zx outside payload text %p+%#zx\n",
elf->name, orig, len,
payload->text_addr, payload->text_size);
return -EINVAL;
}
}
rc = livepatch_apply_alt_calls(start, end);
if ( rc )
{
printk(XENLOG_ERR LIVEPATCH "%s: Applying alternative calls failed: %d\n",
elf->name, rc);
return rc;
}
alt_call_done:;
#else /* CONFIG_ALTERNATIVE_CALL */
printk(XENLOG_ERR LIVEPATCH "%s: Alternative calls not supported\n",
elf->name);
return -EOPNOTSUPP;
#endif /* !CONFIG_ALTERNATIVE_CALL */
}
sec = livepatch_elf_sec_by_name(elf, ".ex_table");
if ( sec )
{
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@@ -17,8 +17,8 @@
* generation requirements are to emit a function pointer call at build
* time, and stash enough metadata to simplify the call at boot once the
* implementation has been resolved.
* - Implement boot_apply_alt_calls() to convert the function pointer calls
* into direct calls on boot.
* - Implement {boot,livepatch}_apply_alt_calls() to convert the function
* pointer calls into direct calls on boot/livepatch.
* - Select ALTERNATIVE_CALL in Kconfig.
*
* To use:
@@ -65,6 +65,10 @@
*/
void boot_apply_alt_calls(void);
/* As per boot_apply_alt_calls() but for a livepatch. */
int livepatch_apply_alt_calls(const struct alt_call *start,
const struct alt_call *end);
#else /* CONFIG_ALTERNATIVE_CALL */
#define alternative_call(func, args...) (func)(args)
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