linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v4] livepatch: introduce shadow variable API

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Message-ID: <alpine.LSU.2.21.1708311444540.5054@san.suse.cz>
Date:   Thu, 31 Aug 2017 14:45:35 +0200 (CEST)
From:   Miroslav Benes <mbenes@...e.cz>
To:     Joe Lawrence <joe.lawrence@...hat.com>
cc:     live-patching@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        Josh Poimboeuf <jpoimboe@...hat.com>,
        Jessica Yu <jeyu@...hat.com>, Jiri Kosina <jikos@...nel.org>,
        Petr Mladek <pmladek@...e.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v4] livepatch: introduce shadow variable API


> > Could you also add a comment above klp_shadow_lock definition about what 
> > it aims to protect?
> > 
> 
> How about "klp_shadow_lock provides exclusive access to the
> klp_shadow_hash and the shadow variables it references."  or were
> thinking of something more detailed?

No, this is good. Thanks.

Miroslav