Re: [PATCH v7] arm64/module: Use text-poke API for late relocations.

[Will Deacon]

On Tue, Jun 03, 2025 at 10:34:17PM +0000, Dylan Hatch wrote:
> To enable late module patching, livepatch modules need to be able to
> apply some of their relocations well after being loaded. In this
> scenario however, the livepatch module text and data is already RX-only,
> so special treatment is needed to make the late relocations possible. To
> do this, use the text-poking API for these late relocations.
> 
> This patch is partially based off commit 88fc078a7a8f6 ("x86/module: Use
> text_poke() for late relocations").
> 
> Signed-off-by: Dylan Hatch <dylanbhatch@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Acked-by: Song Liu <song@xxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
>  arch/arm64/kernel/module.c | 101 +++++++++++++++++++++----------------
>  1 file changed, 57 insertions(+), 44 deletions(-)

Thanks for sticking with this, Dylan:

Acked-by: Will Deacon <will@xxxxxxxxxx>

Catalin, I assume you'll pick this up for 6.17.

Cheers,

Will