linux-kernel - Re: PATCH v6 2/6] livepatch: Free only structures with initialized kobject

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Date:   Thu, 1 Feb 2018 09:25:01 -0500
From:   Joe Lawrence <joe.lawrence@...hat.com>
To:     Petr Mladek <pmladek@...e.com>, jpoimboe@...hat.com,
        jikos@...nel.org, mbenes@...e.cz
Cc:     Jason Baron <jbaron@...mai.com>, jeyu@...nel.org,
        Evgenii Shatokhin <eshatokhin@...tuozzo.com>,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, live-patching@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: PATCH v6 2/6] livepatch: Free only structures with initialized
 kobject

On 01/25/2018 11:01 AM, Petr Mladek wrote:
> We are going to add a feature called atomic replace. It will allow to
> create a patch that would replace all already registered patches.
> For this, we will need to dynamically create funcs' and objects'
> for functions that are not longer patched.

Super small nit: funcs', objects' ?  More on this in the next inline
comment.

> [ ... snip ... ]
>  /*
> - * Free all functions' kobjects in the array up to some limit. When limit is
> - * NULL, all kobjects are freed.
> + * Free all funcs' that have the kobject initialized. Otherwise,
> + * nothing is needed.

In new comment, what is the apostrophe in funcs' for?  The code (still)
deals with the kobject embedded in the klp_func, but the comment text
moved "kobject" such that I think the apostrophe can now be removed.

> [ ... snip ... ]
>  /*
> - * Free all objects' kobjects in the array up to some limit. When limit is
> - * NULL, all kobjects are freed.
> + * Free all funcs' and objects's that have the kobject initialized.
> + * Otherwise, nothing is needed.
>   */

Ditto.

-- Joe