linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v3 0/2] Improve handling of the __klp

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Message-ID: <svcwbksz247y5fboeemlvdi5ef62lh5ibtxuz2ofsievsxlyjp@v35zf7qwltlp>
Date: Fri, 30 Jan 2026 13:27:43 -0800
From: Josh Poimboeuf <jpoimboe@...nel.org>
To: Petr Pavlu <petr.pavlu@...e.com>
Cc: Jiri Kosina <jikos@...nel.org>, Miroslav Benes <mbenes@...e.cz>, 
	Petr Mladek <pmladek@...e.com>, Joe Lawrence <joe.lawrence@...hat.com>, 
	Luis Chamberlain <mcgrof@...nel.org>, Daniel Gomez <da.gomez@...nel.org>, 
	Sami Tolvanen <samitolvanen@...gle.com>, Aaron Tomlin <atomlin@...mlin.com>, 
	Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>, live-patching@...r.kernel.org, linux-modules@...r.kernel.org, 
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v3 0/2] Improve handling of the __klp_{objects,funcs}
 sections in modules

On Fri, Jan 23, 2026 at 11:26:55AM +0100, Petr Pavlu wrote:
> Changes since v2 [1]:
> - Generalize the helper function that locates __klp_objects in a module
>   to allow it to find any data in other sections as well.
> 
> Changes since v1 [2]:
> - Generalize the helper function that locates __klp_objects in a module
>   to allow it to find objects in other sections as well.
> 
> [1] https://lore.kernel.org/linux-modules/20260121082842.3050453-1-petr.pavlu@suse.com/
> [2] https://lore.kernel.org/linux-modules/20260114123056.2045816-1-petr.pavlu@suse.com/
> 
> Petr Pavlu (2):
>   livepatch: Fix having __klp_objects relics in non-livepatch modules
>   livepatch: Free klp_{object,func}_ext data after initialization

If there are no objections, I will go ahead and queue these patches up
in -tip.

-- 
Josh