linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v3 09/15] livepatch: remove unnecessary object loaded check

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Message-ID: <alpine.LSU.2.20.1612231358350.5990@pobox.suse.cz>
Date:   Fri, 23 Dec 2016 13:58:45 +0100 (CET)
From:   Miroslav Benes <mbenes@...e.cz>
To:     Josh Poimboeuf <jpoimboe@...hat.com>
cc:     Jessica Yu <jeyu@...hat.com>, Jiri Kosina <jikos@...nel.org>,
        Petr Mladek <pmladek@...e.com>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        live-patching@...r.kernel.org,
        Michael Ellerman <mpe@...erman.id.au>,
        Heiko Carstens <heiko.carstens@...ibm.com>, x86@...nel.org,
        linuxppc-dev@...ts.ozlabs.org, linux-s390@...r.kernel.org,
        Vojtech Pavlik <vojtech@...e.com>, Jiri Slaby <jslaby@...e.cz>,
        Chris J Arges <chris.j.arges@...onical.com>,
        Andy Lutomirski <luto@...nel.org>,
        Ingo Molnar <mingo@...nel.org>,
        Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v3 09/15] livepatch: remove unnecessary object loaded
 check

On Thu, 8 Dec 2016, Josh Poimboeuf wrote:

> klp_patch_object()'s callers already ensure that the object is loaded,
> so its call to klp_is_object_loaded() is unnecessary.
> 
> This will also make it possible to move the patching code into a
> separate file.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Josh Poimboeuf <jpoimboe@...hat.com>

Acked-by: Miroslav Benes <mbenes@...e.cz>

Miroslav