linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v6 8/9] Implement kernel live patching for ppc64le (ABIv2)

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Date:	Tue, 26 Jan 2016 15:14:16 +0100 (CET)
From:	Miroslav Benes <mbenes@...e.cz>
To:	Torsten Duwe <duwe@....de>
cc:	Steven Rostedt <rostedt@...dmis.org>,
	Michael Ellerman <mpe@...erman.id.au>,
	Jiri Kosina <jkosina@...e.cz>, linuxppc-dev@...ts.ozlabs.org,
	Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	live-patching@...r.kernel.org, pmladek@...e.cz, jeyu@...hat.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH v6 8/9] Implement kernel live patching for ppc64le
 (ABIv2)


[ Jessica added to CC list so she is aware that there are plans to 
implement livepatch on ppc64le ]

On Tue, 26 Jan 2016, Torsten Duwe wrote:

> On Tue, Jan 26, 2016 at 11:50:25AM +0100, Miroslav Benes wrote:
> > > + */
> > > +int klp_write_module_reloc(struct module *mod, unsigned long type,
> > > +			    unsigned long loc, unsigned long value)
> > > +{
> > > +	/* This requires infrastructure changes; we need the loadinfos. */
> > > +	pr_err("lpc_write_module_reloc not yet supported\n");
> > 
> > This is a nit, but there is no lpc_write_module_reloc. It should be 
> > klp_write_module_reloc.
> 
> Indeed. Michael, feel free to fix this on the fly or not. It needs to
> disappear anyway and be replaced with functionality.

Or not at all thanks to Jessica's effort [1].

Miroslav

[1] http://lkml.kernel.org/g/1452281304-28618-1-git-send-email-jeyu@redhat.com