On Tue, 5 Nov 2019 07:47:11 -0800 Alexei Starovoitov <alexei.starovoitov@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > If you have to wait you may need to wait. The Linux kernel isn't > > something that is suppose to put in temporary hacks, just to satisfy > > someone's deadline. > > Ok. I will switch to text_poke and will make it hack free. > ftrace mechanisms are being replaced by text_poke anyway. I see that Facebook now owns Linux. Peter's text poke patches most likely not be ready for the next merge window either. Don't you require them? The database of function nops are part of the ftrace mechanisms which are not part of text poke, and there's strong accounting associated to them which allows the user to see how their kernel is modified. This is why I was against the live kernel patching modifying the function code directly, because the user loses out on visibility into how their kernel is being modified. Any "replacement" would require the same transparency into the modification of the kernel. I see how you work. You pressure someone into jumping to do your all mighty work, and if they don't jump as you would like them too, you work to circumvent them and try to make them irrelevant. I'm sure the rest of the community will enjoy working with you too. -- Steve
