linux-kernel - [GIT PULL] livepatching for 5.18

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Date:   Mon, 28 Mar 2022 13:30:17 +0200
From:   Petr Mladek <pmladek@...e.com>
To:     Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>
Cc:     linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, live-patching@...r.kernel.org
Subject: [GIT PULL] livepatching for 5.18

Hi Linus,

please pull the latest livepatching changes from

  git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/livepatching/livepatching.git tags/livepatching-for-5.18

========================================

- Forced transitions block only to-be-removed livepatches. [Chengming]

- Detect when ftrace handler could not be disabled in self-tests. [David]

- Calm down warning from a static analyzer. [Tom]

----------------------------------------------------------------
Chengming Zhou (1):
      livepatch: Don't block removal of patches that are safe to unload

David Vernet (1):
      livepatch: Skip livepatch tests if ftrace cannot be configured

Petr Mladek (1):
      Merge branch 'for-5.18/selftests-fixes' into for-linus

Tom Rix (1):
      livepatch: Reorder to use before freeing a pointer

 kernel/livepatch/transition.c                    | 11 +++++++++--
 samples/livepatch/livepatch-shadow-fix1.c        |  2 +-
 samples/livepatch/livepatch-shadow-fix2.c        |  2 +-
 tools/testing/selftests/livepatch/functions.sh   | 22 +++++++++++++++++++---
 tools/testing/selftests/livepatch/test-ftrace.sh |  3 ++-
 5 files changed, 32 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)