linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v10 00/10] livepatch: Atomic replace feature

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Message-ID: <ed223c7d-9347-9d15-7932-531bf344deeb@virtuozzo.com>
Date:   Fri, 17 Aug 2018 18:33:40 +0300
From:   Evgenii Shatokhin <eshatokhin@...tuozzo.com>
To:     Petr Mladek <pmladek@...e.com>
Cc:     Jiri Kosina <jikos@...nel.org>,
        Josh Poimboeuf <jpoimboe@...hat.com>,
        Miroslav Benes <mbenes@...e.cz>,
        Jason Baron <jbaron@...mai.com>,
        Joe Lawrence <joe.lawrence@...hat.com>,
        Jessica Yu <jeyu@...nel.org>, live-patching@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v10 00/10] livepatch: Atomic replace feature

On 17.08.2018 17:53, Petr Mladek wrote:
> On Fri 2018-08-17 13:17:27, Evgenii Shatokhin wrote:
>> Hi,
>>
>> On 07.03.2018 11:20, Petr Mladek wrote:
>>> The atomic replace allows to create cumulative patches. They
>>> are useful when you maintain many livepatches and want to remove
>>> one that is lower on the stack. In addition it is very useful when
>>> more patches touch the same function and there are dependencies
>>> between them.
>>
>> Could you tell me what is the current status of this series? Looks like I
>> lost track of it.
>>
>> Is there anything else that should be done here before this series could be
>> merged?
> 
> I have almost ready the rework suggested by Josh. I still need to
> port the new tests and send.
> 
> Unfortunately I had to put it temporary on hold because of other
> important tasks.
> 
> I am about to leave for vacation (one week off). I will try to
> find some cycles, finish and send it once I am back.

That would be great! Thanks.

> 
> Best Regards,
> Petr
> .
>