Re: [Xen-devel] [PATCH] create-diff-object: more precisely identify .rodata sections

[Jan Beulich <jbeulich@xxxxxxxx>]

On 18.09.2019 09:35, Pawel Wieczorkiewicz wrote:
> This is needed for more precise patchability verification.
> Only non-special .rodata sections should be subject
> for such a non-referenced check in kpatch_verify_patchability().
> Current check (non-standard, non-rela, non-debug) is too weak and
> allows also non-rodata sections without referenced symbols to slip
> through.
> 
> Detect .rodata section by checking section's type (SHT_PROGBITS),
> flags (no exec, no write) and finally name prefix.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Pawel Wieczorkiewicz <wipawel@xxxxxxxxx>
> Reviewed-by: Andra-Irina Paraschiv <andraprs@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Reviewed-by: Bjoern Doebel <doebel@xxxxxxxxx>
> Reviewed-by: Norbert Manthey <nmanthey@xxxxxxxxx>
> ---
>  common.c             |  7 +++++++
>  common.h             |  1 +
>  create-diff-object.c | 13 ++++++-------
>  3 files changed, 14 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)

Seeing that I have been Cc-ed here - what tree is this against? I
don't recognize the file names as anything I'm a maintainer for.

Jan

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