Hi! > --- a/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-kernel-livepatch > +++ b/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-kernel-livepatch > @@ -33,6 +33,15 @@ Contact: live-patch...@vger.kernel.org > An attribute which indicates whether the patch is currently in > transition. > > +What: /sys/kernel/livepatch/<patch>/signal > +Date: Oct 2017 > +KernelVersion: 4.15.0 > +Contact: live-patch...@vger.kernel.org > +Description: > + A writable attribute that allows administrator to affect the > + course of an existing transition. Writing 1 sends a signal to > + all remaining blocking tasks.
What kind of signal?
> What: /sys/kernel/livepatch/<patch>/<object>
> Date: Nov 2014
> KernelVersion: 3.19.0
> diff --git a/Documentation/livepatch/livepatch.txt
> b/Documentation/livepatch/livepatch.txt
> index ecdb18104ab0..6694530d0894 100644
> --- a/Documentation/livepatch/livepatch.txt
> +++ b/Documentation/livepatch/livepatch.txt
> @@ -178,6 +178,12 @@ transition, it shows -1. Any tasks which are blocking
> the transition
> can be signaled with SIGSTOP and SIGCONT to force them to change their
> patched state.
>
> +Administrator can also affect a transition through
> +/sys/kernel/livepatch/<patch>/signal attribute. Writing 1 to the attribute
> sends
> +a signal to all remaining blocking tasks. This is an alternative for
> +SIGSTOP/SIGCONT approach mentioned in the previous paragraph. It should also
> be
> +less harmful to the system.
Well... If SIGSTOP / SIGCONT is considered harmful (it probably is),
it should be mentioned above, and not in note here...
Pavel
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