linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 1/6] livepatch v5: avoid race when checking for state of the patch

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Date:	Thu, 11 Dec 2014 08:23:28 -0600
From:	Josh Poimboeuf <jpoimboe@...hat.com>
To:	Petr Mladek <pmladek@...e.cz>
Cc:	Seth Jennings <sjenning@...hat.com>, Jiri Kosina <jkosina@...e.cz>,
	Vojtech Pavlik <vojtech@...e.cz>,
	Steven Rostedt <rostedt@...dmis.org>,
	Miroslav Benes <mbenes@...e.cz>,
	Masami Hiramatsu <masami.hiramatsu.pt@...achi.com>,
	Christoph Hellwig <hch@...radead.org>,
	Greg KH <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
	Andy Lutomirski <luto@...capital.net>,
	live-patching@...r.kernel.org, x86@...nel.org, kpatch@...hat.com,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/6] livepatch v5: avoid race when checking for state of
 the patch

On Thu, Dec 11, 2014 at 12:17:33PM +0100, Petr Mladek wrote:
> On Wed 2014-12-10 09:25:06, Josh Poimboeuf wrote:
> > On Wed, Dec 10, 2014 at 11:11:47AM +0100, Petr Mladek wrote:
> > > On Tue 2014-12-09 12:32:49, Josh Poimboeuf wrote:
> > But livepatch isn't a module, it's part of the kernel.
> 
> Ah, I remembered that module_init(klp_init) and created a wrong mental link ;-)
> 
> > Even if the init
> > function returns an error, that doesn't prevent any of the other
> > exported functions from getting called.
> 
> Well, it still will be covered by that later klp_patch_is_registered()
> check. But I am find with leaving it as is.

True, it's probably only necessary to call klp_is_enabled() from the
register function.  And I'm thinking it should probably have a better
name, like klp_initialized().

But that's a minor cosmetic change, so if there are no more comments for
the v6 patch set, I can send a separate patch for that later.

-- 
Josh
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