linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 2/3 v7] livepatch: add sympos as disambiguator field to klp

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Message-ID: <20151118165514.GO4431@pathway.suse.cz>
Date:	Wed, 18 Nov 2015 17:55:14 +0100
From:	Petr Mladek <pmladek@...e.com>
To:	Chris J Arges <chris.j.arges@...onical.com>
Cc:	live-patching@...r.kernel.org, jpoimboe@...hat.com,
	sjenning@...hat.com, jikos@...nel.org, vojtech@...e.com,
	jeyu@...hat.com, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/3 v7] livepatch: add sympos as disambiguator field to
 klp_reloc

On Wed 2015-11-18 10:39:24, Chris J Arges wrote:
> On 11/18/2015 10:37 AM, Petr Mladek wrote:
> > On Mon 2015-11-16 11:03:06, Chris J Arges wrote:
> >> In cases of duplicate symbols, sympos will be used to disambiguate instead
> >> of val. By default sympos will be 0, and patching will only succeed if
> >> the symbol is unique. Specifying a positive value will ensure that
> >> occurrence of the symbol in kallsyms for the patched object will be used
> >> for patching if it is valid.
> >>
> >> Remove klp_verify_callback, klp_verify_args and klp_verify_vmlinux_symbol
> >> as they are no longer used.
> >>
> >> >From the klp_reloc structure remove val, as it can be refactored as a
> >   ^
> > Please, remove this extra '>'. I guess that you cut&pasted the
> > comment from a mail reply ;-)
> > 
> > Best Regards,
> > Petr
> > 
> 
> I think that '>' was added in a subsequent reply. My patch doesn't have
> that, and I'm guessing checkpatch would have warned me about that as well.
> : )

Heh, it seems that some mail delivery tool or mail client tries to be
clever.  I see the '>' in you original mail. But it is fine in the
archive, see
http://article.gmane.org/gmane.linux.kernel/2086364
http://marc.info/?l=linux-kernel&m=144769343212421

I am sorry for the noise.

Best Regards,
Petr
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