Re: [PATCHv2 2/3] kernel: add support for live patching

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On Sun, Nov 16, 2014 at 07:29:23PM -0600, Seth Jennings wrote:
> +static int lpc_module_notify(struct notifier_block *nb, unsigned long action,
> +			    void *data)
> +{
> +	struct module *mod = data;
> +	struct lpc_patch *patch;
> +	struct lpc_object *obj;
> +
> +	mutex_lock(&lpc_mutex);
> +
> +	if (action != MODULE_STATE_COMING && action != MODULE_STATE_GOING)
> +		goto out;

I think we can get the mutex here instead of above so it doesn't block
other module actions (and then you can also get rid of the "out" label).

> +
> +	list_for_each_entry(patch, &lpc_patches, list) {
> +		if (patch->state == LPC_DISABLED)
> +			continue;
> +		list_for_each_entry(obj, &patch->objs, list) {
> +			if (strcmp(obj->name, mod->name))
> +				continue;
> +			if (action == MODULE_STATE_COMING) {
> +				obj->mod = mod;
> +				lpc_module_notify_coming(patch->mod, obj);
> +			} else /* MODULE_STATE_GOING */
> +				lpc_module_notify_going(patch->mod, obj);
> +			break;
> +		}
> +	}
> +out:
> +	mutex_unlock(&lpc_mutex);
> +	return 0;
> +}

-- 
Josh
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