On Tue, Apr 23, 2024 at 03:12:47PM +0200, Roger Pau Monne wrote:
> Introduce a xen-livepatch tool --force option, that's propagated into the
> hyerpvisor for livepatch operations. The intention is for the option to be
> used to bypass some checks that would otherwise prevent the patch from being
On 23.04.2024 15:12, Roger Pau Monne wrote:
> --- a/xen/common/livepatch.c
> +++ b/xen/common/livepatch.c
> @@ -2125,7 +2125,8 @@ int livepatch_op(struct xen_sysctl_livepatch_op
> *livepatch)
> {
> int rc;
>
> -if ( livepatch->pad )
> +if ( livepatch->flags & ~LIVEPATCH_FLAGS_MASK
Introduce a xen-livepatch tool --force option, that's propagated into the
hyerpvisor for livepatch operations. The intention is for the option to be
used to bypass some checks that would otherwise prevent the patch from being
loaded.
Re purpose the pad field in xen_sysctl_livepatch_op to be a
