linux-kernel - Re: [RFC 3/5] livepatch: Allow to distinguish different version of system state changes

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Date:   Fri, 21 Jun 2019 11:00:08 -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 3/5] livepatch: Allow to distinguish different version of
 system state changes

On Fri, Jun 21, 2019 at 10:09:11AM -0400, Joe Lawrence wrote:
> More word play: would it be any clearer to drop the use of
> "modification" when talking about klp_states?  Sometimes I read
> modification to mean a change to a klp_state itself rather than the
> system at large.

After reading through the rest of the series, maybe I was premature
about this.  "System state modification" is used consistently throughout
the series, so without having any better suggestion, ignore my comment.

-- Joe