linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 2/2] livepatch: Remove duplicated code for early initialization

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Date:   Fri, 3 May 2019 22:05:58 +0530
From:   Kamalesh Babulal <kamalesh@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>
To:     Petr Mladek <pmladek@...e.com>
Cc:     Jiri Kosina <jikos@...nel.org>,
        Josh Poimboeuf <jpoimboe@...hat.com>,
        Miroslav Benes <mbenes@...e.cz>,
        Joe Lawrence <joe.lawrence@...hat.com>,
        "Tobin C . Harding" <tobin@...nel.org>,
        Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
        live-patching@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/2] livepatch: Remove duplicated code for early
 initialization

On Fri, May 03, 2019 at 03:26:25PM +0200, Petr Mladek wrote:
> kobject_init() call added one more operation that has to be
> done when doing the early initialization of both static and
> dynamic livepatch structures.
> 
> It would have been easier when the early initialization code
> was not duplicated. Let's deduplicate it for future generations
> of livepatching hackers.
> 
> The patch does not change the existing behavior.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Petr Mladek <pmladek@...e.com>

Reviewed-by: Kamalesh Babulal <kamalesh@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>

-- 
Kamalesh