linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v6] Livepatch shadow variables

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Date:   Mon, 25 Sep 2017 17:45:48 +0200
From:   Petr Mladek <pmladek@...e.com>
To:     Jiri Kosina <jikos@...nel.org>
Cc:     Joe Lawrence <joe.lawrence@...hat.com>,
        live-patching@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        Josh Poimboeuf <jpoimboe@...hat.com>,
        Jessica Yu <jeyu@...hat.com>, Miroslav Benes <mbenes@...e.cz>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v6] Livepatch shadow variables

On Thu 2017-09-14 14:08:35, Jiri Kosina wrote:
> On Thu, 31 Aug 2017, Joe Lawrence wrote:
> 
> > This version cleans up a few minor tweaks requested by Josh and
> > Miroslav.
> > 
> > v6:
> > 
> > - Convert an enum into a function argument flag
> > - Update code comment that still referenced updating existing shadow
> >   variables
> > - Doc: Add a closing ')' parenthesis character
> > - Doc: Add a blurb about callers providing mutual exclusion
> > 
> > Joe Lawrence (1):
> >   livepatch: introduce shadow variable API
> 
> Applied to for-4.15/shadow-variables, so please send any followup fixes on 
> top of that branch.

JFYI, v6 in for-4.15/shadow-variables branch looks great to me.

I have only sent 2 small fixes for the documentation in a separate
patch. Feel free to squash it into the original patch if you want.
Also feel free to use for the original patch:

Reviewed-by: Petr Mladek <pmladek@...e.com>

Best Regards,
Petr