linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v6 0/3] livepatch callbacks

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Date:   Tue, 17 Oct 2017 18:33:30 -0500
From:   Josh Poimboeuf <jpoimboe@...hat.com>
To:     Joe Lawrence <joe.lawrence@...hat.com>
Cc:     live-patching@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        Jessica Yu <jeyu@...nel.org>, Jiri Kosina <jikos@...nel.org>,
        Miroslav Benes <mbenes@...e.cz>,
        Petr Mladek <pmladek@...e.com>,
        Chris J Arges <chris.j.arges@...onical.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v6 0/3] livepatch callbacks

On Fri, Oct 13, 2017 at 03:08:40PM -0400, Joe Lawrence wrote:
> Another turn of the livepatch callback crank.  This version cleans up
> some minor issues found in v5 and was rebased on top of Jiri's branches
> listed below.
> 
> Unfortunately, I didn't have time to test out Petr's suggestion to move
> the pre-patch callback inside klp_patch_object() and the post-unpatch
> callback into klp_unpatch_object()... let me know if this is a
> deal-breaker (I think it would be possible to revisit this later if
> need be.)
> 
> Thanks for all the feedback and suggestions thus far!

Looks perfect!  I'm hoping we can get this in for the next merge window.

Acked-by: Josh Poimboeuf <jpoimboe@...hat.com>

-- 
Josh