On Thu, 20 Nov 2014, Seth Jennings wrote: > On Thu, Nov 20, 2014 at 11:35:52AM -0600, Josh Poimboeuf wrote: > > On Thu, Nov 20, 2014 at 02:10:33PM +0100, Miroslav Benes wrote: > > > > > > On Sun, 16 Nov 2014, Seth Jennings wrote: > > > > > > > This commit introduces code for the live patching core. It implements > > > > an ftrace-based mechanism and kernel interface for doing live patching > > > > of kernel and kernel module functions. > > > > > > > > It represents the greatest common functionality set between kpatch and > > > > kgraft and can accept patches built using either method. > > > > > > > > This first version does not implement any consistency mechanism that > > > > ensures that old and new code do not run together. In practice, ~90% of > > > > CVEs are safe to apply in this way, since they simply add a conditional > > > > check. However, any function change that can not execute safely with > > > > the old version of the function can _not_ be safely applied in this > > > > version. > > > > > > > > Signed-off-by: Seth Jennings <sjenn...@redhat.com> > > > > > > Hi, > > > > > > below is the patch which merges the internal and external data structures > > > (so it is only one part of our original patch for version 1). Apart from > > > that I tried to make minimal changes to the code. Only unnecessary > > > kobjects were removed and I renamed lpc_create_* functions to lpc_init_* > > > as it made more sense in this approach, I think. > > > > > > I hope this clearly shows our point of view stated previously. What do > > > you say? > > > > Thanks for rebasing to v2 and splitting up the patches! Personally I'm > > ok with this patch (though I do have a few comments below). > > Thanks Josh :) > > Miroslav, before you send out a revision on this patch, I'm merging it > for v3 right now. I'll fixup any trivial fixes from this email. > > I'm putting the finishing touches on v3 now. Hopefully it will make > everyone happy, or happier, with your changes merged. Should be getting > close... > > Thanks, > Seth
Ok, thank you for the fixes and merging. I'll take a closer look at v3 to be sure that everything is ok. Mira -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majord...@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
