arm64/module: use plt section indices for relocations

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Instead of saving a pointer to the .plt and .init.plt sections to apply
plt-based relocations, save and use their section indices instead.

The mod->arch.{core,init}.plt pointers were problematic for livepatch
because they pointed within temporary section headers (provided by the
module loader via info->sechdrs) that would be freed after module load.
Since livepatch modules may need to apply relocations post-module-load
(for example, to patch a module that is loaded later), using section
indices to offset into the section headers (instead of accessing them
through a saved pointer) allows livepatch modules on arm64 to pass in
their own copy of the section headers to apply_relocate_add() to apply
delayed relocations.

Reviewed-by: Ard Biesheuvel <ard.biesheuvel@linaro.org>
Reviewed-by: Miroslav Benes <mbenes@suse.cz>
Signed-off-by: Jessica Yu <jeyu@kernel.org>
Signed-off-by: Will Deacon <will.deacon@arm.com>

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Jessica Yu 2018-11-05 19:53:23 +01:00 • committed by Will Deacon

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arch/arm64/kernel/module-plts.c

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