linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH RFC 0/2] livepatch: patch creation tooling proposal

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Message-ID: <alpine.LNX.2.00.1611101652270.12314@pobox.suse.cz>
Date:   Thu, 10 Nov 2016 16:54:59 +0100 (CET)
From:   Miroslav Benes <mbenes@...e.cz>
To:     Josh Poimboeuf <jpoimboe@...hat.com>
cc:     live-patching@...r.kernel.org,
        Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        Joerg Roedel <jroedel@...e.de>, jkosina@...e.cz,
        jeyu@...hat.com, pmladek@...e.cz
Subject: Re: [PATCH RFC 0/2] livepatch: patch creation tooling proposal

On Thu, 10 Nov 2016, Miroslav Benes wrote:

> On Thu, 10 Nov 2016, Josh Poimboeuf wrote:
> 
> > Does anybody want to take ownership of this patch set and/or try to
> > explore the options further?  I don't have any more bandwidth right now
> > (mainly due to the consistency model and porting objtool to DWARF).
> 
> Sure. I can take it. I tried to write a similar tool, I saw kpatch-build 
> sources and have a clue how it all works. On the other hand, no promises 
> about a timeline.

To be precise... I'm really happy to take it. It is the top of my 
priority list for upstream livepatch. Only I get stuck with things as part 
of my day job once in a while :)

Miroslav