On Mon, Aug 14, 2017 at 04:02:43PM -0400, Joe Lawrence wrote: > Add exported API for livepatch modules: > > klp_shadow_get() > klp_shadow_attach() > klp_shadow_get_or_attach() > klp_shadow_update_or_attach() > klp_shadow_detach() > klp_shadow_detach_all() > > that implement "shadow" variables, which allow callers to associate new > shadow fields to existing data structures. This is intended to be used > by livepatch modules seeking to emulate additions to data structure > definitions. > > See Documentation/livepatch/shadow-vars.txt for a summary of the new > shadow variable API, including a few common use cases. > > See samples/livepatch/livepatch-shadow-* for example modules that > demonstrate shadow variables. > > Signed-off-by: Joe Lawrence <[email protected]>
Acked-by: Josh Poimboeuf <[email protected]> -- Josh
