linux-kernel - Re: [RFC 4/5] livepatch: Documentation of the new API for tracking system state changes

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Message-ID: <20190621141508.GD20356@redhat.com>
Date:   Fri, 21 Jun 2019 10:15:08 -0400
From:   Joe Lawrence <joe.lawrence@...hat.com>
To:     Petr Mladek <pmladek@...e.com>
Cc:     Jiri Kosina <jikos@...nel.org>,
        Josh Poimboeuf <jpoimboe@...hat.com>,
        Miroslav Benes <mbenes@...e.cz>,
        Kamalesh Babulal <kamalesh@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>,
        Nicolai Stange <nstange@...e.de>,
        live-patching@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [RFC 4/5] livepatch: Documentation of the new API for tracking
 system state changes

On Tue, Jun 11, 2019 at 03:56:26PM +0200, Petr Mladek wrote:
> Documentation explaining the motivation, capabilities, and usage
> of the new API for tracking system state changes.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Petr Mladek <pmladek@...e.com>
> ---
>  Documentation/livepatch/index.rst        |  1 +
>  Documentation/livepatch/system-state.rst | 80 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
>  2 files changed, 81 insertions(+)
>  create mode 100644 Documentation/livepatch/system-state.rst
> 
> diff --git a/Documentation/livepatch/index.rst b/Documentation/livepatch/index.rst
> index edd291d51847..94bbbc2c8993 100644
> --- a/Documentation/livepatch/index.rst
> +++ b/Documentation/livepatch/index.rst
> @@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ Kernel Livepatching
>  
>      livepatch
>      callbacks
> +    system-state
>      cumulative-patches
>      module-elf-format
>      shadow-vars
> diff --git a/Documentation/livepatch/system-state.rst b/Documentation/livepatch/system-state.rst
> new file mode 100644
> index 000000000000..3a35073a0b80
> --- /dev/null
> +++ b/Documentation/livepatch/system-state.rst
> @@ -0,0 +1,80 @@
> [ ... snip ... ]
> +1. Livepatch compatibility

nit: 2. Livepatch compatibility

-- Joe