Add livepatch Elf relocation section flag (SHF_RELA_LIVEPATCH), livepatch
symbol bind (STB_LIVEPATCH_EXT) and section index (SHN_LIVEPATCH).
The values of these Elf constants were selected from OS-specific ranges
according to the definitions from glibc.

Livepatch relocation sections are marked with SHF_RELA_LIVEPATCH to
indicate to the module loader that it should not apply that relocation
section and that livepatch will handle them.

The SHN_LIVEPATCH shndx marks symbols that will be resolved by livepatch.
The module loader ignores these symbols and does not attempt to resolve
them.

The STB_LIVEPATCH_EXT symbol bind marks the scope of certain livepatch
symbols, so that livepatch can appropriately resolve them.

Signed-off-by: Jessica Yu <j...@redhat.com>
---
 include/uapi/linux/elf.h | 17 ++++++++++-------
 1 file changed, 10 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)

diff --git a/include/uapi/linux/elf.h b/include/uapi/linux/elf.h
index 71e1d0e..95ff318 100644
--- a/include/uapi/linux/elf.h
+++ b/include/uapi/linux/elf.h
@@ -115,9 +115,10 @@ typedef __s64      Elf64_Sxword;
 #define DT_HIPROC      0x7fffffff
 
 /* This info is needed when parsing the symbol table */
-#define STB_LOCAL  0
-#define STB_GLOBAL 1
-#define STB_WEAK   2
+#define STB_LOCAL              0
+#define STB_GLOBAL             1
+#define STB_WEAK               2
+#define STB_LIVEPATCH_EXT      11
 
 #define STT_NOTYPE  0
 #define STT_OBJECT  1
@@ -282,16 +283,18 @@ typedef struct elf64_phdr {
 #define SHT_HIUSER     0xffffffff
 
 /* sh_flags */
-#define SHF_WRITE      0x1
-#define SHF_ALLOC      0x2
-#define SHF_EXECINSTR  0x4
-#define SHF_MASKPROC   0xf0000000
+#define SHF_WRITE              0x1
+#define SHF_ALLOC              0x2
+#define SHF_EXECINSTR          0x4
+#define SHF_RELA_LIVEPATCH     0x00100000
+#define SHF_MASKPROC           0xf0000000
 
 /* special section indexes */
 #define SHN_UNDEF      0
 #define SHN_LORESERVE  0xff00
 #define SHN_LOPROC     0xff00
 #define SHN_HIPROC     0xff1f
+#define SHN_LIVEPATCH  0xff20
 #define SHN_ABS                0xfff1
 #define SHN_COMMON     0xfff2
 #define SHN_HIRESERVE  0xffff
-- 
2.4.3

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