linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v5 13/15] livepatch: change to a per-task consistency model

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Date:   Tue, 11 Apr 2017 14:35:16 +0200
From:   Petr Mladek <pmladek@...e.com>
To:     Josh Poimboeuf <jpoimboe@...hat.com>
Cc:     Jessica Yu <jeyu@...hat.com>, Jiri Kosina <jikos@...nel.org>,
        Miroslav Benes <mbenes@...e.cz>, 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>,
        Kamalesh Babulal <kamalesh@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>,
        Balbir Singh <bsingharora@...il.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v5 13/15] livepatch: change to a per-task consistency
 model

On Mon 2017-02-13 19:42:40, Josh Poimboeuf wrote:
> Change livepatch to use a basic per-task consistency model.  This is the
> foundation which will eventually enable us to patch those ~10% of
> security patches which change function or data semantics.  This is the
> biggest remaining piece needed to make livepatch more generally useful.
> 
> 
> Signed-off-by: Josh Poimboeuf <jpoimboe@...hat.com>

Just for record, this last version looks fine to me. I do not see
problems any longer. Everything looks consistent now ;-)
It is a great work. Feel free to use:

Reviewed-by: Petr Mladek <pmladek@...e.com>

Thanks a lot for patience.

Best Regards,
Petr