kpatch_relocation's 'dest' addend and 'offset' fields are redundant. In
fact, the 'offset' field isn't always accurate because it doesn't have a
relocation, so its value doesn't adjust when multiple .o files are
combined. Just use the 'dest' addend instead.
Signed-off-by: Josh Poimboeuf <jpoimboe@redhat.com>
In addition to .kpatch.relocations and .kpatch.symbols, have
create-diff-object create an .kpatch.arch section. This section can be used
to create .klp.arch. sections that are required for klp modules built for
versions >= 4.9. Each entry in the .kpatch.arch section represents an
arch-specific section (.altinstructions or .parainstructions) and contains
a pointer to the arch-specific section itself (see kpatch_arch struct
member 'sec') and a pointer to the objname string (see kpatch_arch struct
member 'objname'). This is enough information to be able to build
.klp.arch. sections in a later phase of kpatch-build.
Instead of creating dynrela sections, have create-diff-object create
intermediate sections .kpatch.relocations and .kpatch.symbols which can
then be used to build (depending on kernel version) either dynrela sections
or klp rela/klp arch sections + klp symbols in a later phase of kpatch-build.
Josh Poimboeuf
Kamalesh Babulal
Jessica Yu