linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v6] livepatch: introduce shadow variable API

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Date:   Wed, 13 Sep 2017 06:45:18 -0700 (PDT)
From:   Jiri Kosina <jikos@...nel.org>
To:     Joe Lawrence <joe.lawrence@...hat.com>
cc:     Josh Poimboeuf <jpoimboe@...hat.com>,
        live-patching@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        Jessica Yu <jeyu@...hat.com>, Miroslav Benes <mbenes@...e.cz>,
        Petr Mladek <pmladek@...e.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v6] livepatch: introduce shadow variable API

On Tue, 12 Sep 2017, Joe Lawrence wrote:

> > On Thu, Aug 31, 2017 at 04:37:41PM -0400, Joe Lawrence wrote:
> >> +void *__klp_shadow_get_or_alloc(void *obj, unsigned long id, void *data,
> >> +		       size_t size, gfp_t gfp_flags, bool warn_on_exist)
> >> +{
> >> +	struct klp_shadow *new_shadow;
> >> +	void *shadow_data;
> >> +	unsigned long flags;
> >> +
> >> +	/* Check if the shadow variable if <obj, id> already exists */
> > 
> > Grammar fix: either
> > 
> >   s/if the shadow variable//
> > 
> > or
> > 
> >   s/if <obj, id>//
> > 
> > Otherwise:
> > 
> > Acked-by: Josh Poimboeuf <jpoimboe@...hat.com>
> > 
> 
> If this is the only outstanding nit, can this be fixed up on merge or
> does it need a new patch spin?

No need to resend just because of this, I'll fix this up manually once 
applying.

Thanks,

-- 
Jiri Kosina
SUSE Labs