+++ Eddie Kovsky [05/04/17 21:35 -0600]:
Implement a mechanism to check if a module's address is in
the rodata or ro_after_init sections. It mimics the existing functions
that test if an address is inside a module's text section.

Functions that take a module as an argument will be able to verify that the
module address is in a read-only section. The idea is to prevent structures
(including modules) that are not read-only from being passed to functions.

This implements the first half of a suggestion made by Kees Cook for
the Kernel Self Protection Project:

   - provide mechanism to check for ro_after_init memory areas, and
     reject structures not marked ro_after_init in vmbus_register()

Suggested-by: Kees Cook <keesc...@chromium.org>
Signed-off-by: Eddie Kovsky <e...@edkovsky.org>

Acked-by: Jessica Yu <j...@redhat.com>

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