linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v13 09/12] livepatch: Remove Nop structures when unused

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Date:   Thu, 18 Oct 2018 14:40:01 +0200
From:   Petr Mladek <pmladek@...e.com>
To:     Josh Poimboeuf <jpoimboe@...hat.com>
Cc:     Jiri Kosina <jikos@...nel.org>, Miroslav Benes <mbenes@...e.cz>,
        Jason Baron <jbaron@...mai.com>,
        Joe Lawrence <joe.lawrence@...hat.com>,
        Evgenii Shatokhin <eshatokhin@...tuozzo.com>,
        live-patching@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v13 09/12] livepatch: Remove Nop structures when unused

On Wed 2018-10-17 15:48:21, Josh Poimboeuf wrote:
> On Mon, Oct 15, 2018 at 02:37:10PM +0200, Petr Mladek wrote:
> > +void klp_discard_replaced_stuff(struct klp_patch *new_patch)
> > +{
> > +	klp_discard_replaced_patches(new_patch);
> > +	klp_discard_nops(new_patch);
> > +}
> > +
> > +/*
> 
> Stuff?  Really? :-) How about klp_discard_replaced()?

Anything looks confusing. I think that I'll just get rid of it
and call the two functions directly.

Best Regards,
Petr