powerpc/module_32: 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.

R_PPC_ADDR16_LO, R_PPC_ADDR16_HI, R_PPC_ADDR16_HA and R_PPC_REL24 are
the types generated by the kpatch-build userspace tool or klp-convert
kernel tree observed applying a relocation to a post-init module.

Use patch_instruction() to patch those relocations.

Commit 8734b41b3e ("powerpc/module_64: Fix livepatching for
RO modules") did similar change in module_64.

Signed-off-by: Christophe Leroy <christophe.leroy@csgroup.eu>
Acked-by: Joe Lawrence <joe.lawrence@redhat.com>
Signed-off-by: Michael Ellerman <mpe@ellerman.id.au>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/d5697157cb7dba3927e19aa17c915a83bc550bb2.1640017960.git.christophe.leroy@csgroup.eu

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Christophe Leroy 2021-12-20 16:38:09 +00:00 • committed by Michael Ellerman

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