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

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Message-Id: <dc02faac-d138-ffc6-11e1-e141ac9b593a@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
Date:   Tue, 10 Jan 2017 14:44:28 +0530
From:   Kamalesh Babulal <kamalesh@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>
To:     Josh Poimboeuf <jpoimboe@...hat.com>, Jessica Yu <jeyu@...hat.com>,
        Jiri Kosina <jikos@...nel.org>,
        Miroslav Benes <mbenes@...e.cz>, Petr Mladek <pmladek@...e.com>
Cc:     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 Thursday 08 December 2016 11:38 PM, 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>

Reviewed-by: Kamalesh Babulal <kamalesh@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>

-- 
cheers,
Kamalesh.