linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] livepatch: Remove reliable stacktrace check in klp_try_switch

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Message-ID: <nycvar.YFH.7.76.1807161751000.997@cbobk.fhfr.pm>
Date:   Mon, 16 Jul 2018 17:51:09 +0200 (CEST)
From:   Jiri Kosina <jikos@...nel.org>
To:     Kamalesh Babulal <kamalesh@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>
cc:     Miroslav Benes <mbenes@...e.cz>,
        Josh Poimboeuf <jpoimboe@...hat.com>,
        live-patching@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] livepatch: Remove reliable stacktrace check in
 klp_try_switch_task()

On Thu, 12 Jul 2018, Kamalesh Babulal wrote:

> Support for immediate flag was removed by commit d0807da78e11
> ("livepatch: Remove immediate feature").  We bail out during
> patch registration for architectures, those don't support
> reliable stack trace. Remove the check in klp_try_switch_task(),
> as its not required.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Kamalesh Babulal <kamalesh@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>

Applied, thanks.

-- 
Jiri Kosina
SUSE Labs