linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v2] livepatch: x86: bugfix about kASLR

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Date:	Wed, 11 Nov 2015 10:20:55 -0600
From:	Josh Poimboeuf <jpoimboe@...hat.com>
To:	Jiri Kosina <jikos@...nel.org>
Cc:	Minfei Huang <mnfhuang@...il.com>,
	Zhou Chengming <zhouchengming1@...wei.com>,
	sjenning@...hat.com, vojtech@...e.cz,
	live-patching@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	guohanjun@...wei.com, huawei.libin@...wei.com, xiexiuqi@...wei.com,
	cbay@...aysdata.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2] livepatch: x86: bugfix about kASLR

On Wed, Nov 11, 2015 at 05:19:58PM +0100, Jiri Kosina wrote:
> On Wed, 11 Nov 2015, Josh Poimboeuf wrote:
> 
> > If Chris's smaller patch is merged before Jessica's bigger patch set,
> > Jessica's patches can be rebased on top of Chris's to keep the new
> > sympos-based addressing scheme.
> > 
> > Or vice versa: if Jessica's patches are merged first, then Chris's can
> > be rebased.  Either way, Chris's patches will obsolete this one.
> 
> My current plan is to take Zhou's simple kASLR offset fix for 4.4 still 
> (it's my fault that I overlooked this when putting kASLR bits in place 
> anyway), and we'll see what ends up being merged for 4.5+.

Ok, sounds fine to me.

-- 
Josh
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