linux-kernel - Re: [RFC PATCH v4 0/6] (mostly) Arch-independent livepatch

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Date:	Mon, 8 Feb 2016 14:28:29 -0600
From:	Josh Poimboeuf <jpoimboe@...hat.com>
To:	Miroslav Benes <mbenes@...e.cz>
Cc:	Jessica Yu <jeyu@...hat.com>,
	Rusty Russell <rusty@...tcorp.com.au>,
	Seth Jennings <sjenning@...hat.com>,
	Jiri Kosina <jikos@...nel.org>,
	Vojtech Pavlik <vojtech@...e.com>,
	Jonathan Corbet <corbet@....net>, linux-api@...r.kernel.org,
	live-patching@...r.kernel.org, x86@...nel.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-s390@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-doc@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [RFC PATCH v4 0/6] (mostly) Arch-independent livepatch

On Mon, Feb 08, 2016 at 03:54:22PM +0100, Miroslav Benes wrote:
> On Wed, 3 Feb 2016, Jessica Yu wrote:
> 
> > Jessica Yu (6):
> >   Elf: add livepatch-specific Elf constants
> >   module: preserve Elf information for livepatch modules
> >   module: s390: keep mod_arch_specific for livepatch modules
> >   livepatch: reuse module loader code to write relocations
> >   samples: livepatch: mark as livepatch module
> >   Documentation: livepatch: outline Elf format and requirements for
> >     patch modules
> 
> Hi,
> 
> I walked through the code and it looks good except for several minor 
> things in the fourth patch (livepatch: reuse module loader code to write 
> relocations). I'd propose to send the next version as a regular PATCH set 
> and not RFC. We can start collecting Reviews and Acks. Hopefully it won't 
> take more than one or two iterations. Would that be ok with everyone?

Sounds good to me...

-- 
Josh