On Thu 2014-11-06 16:51:02, Jiri Slaby wrote:
> On 11/06/2014, 03:39 PM, 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.
>
> Hi,
>
> nice! So we have something to start with. Brilliant!
>
> I have some comments below now. Yet, it obviously needs deeper review
> which will take more time.
>
> > --- /dev/null
> > +++ b/include/linux/livepatch.h
> > @@ -0,0 +1,45 @@
> > +#ifndef _LIVEPATCH_H_
> > +#define _LIVEPATCH_H_
>
> This should follow the linux kernel naming: LINUX_LIVEPATCH_H
>
>
> > +#include <linux/module.h>
> > +
> > +struct lp_func {
>
> I am not much happy with "lp" which effectively means parallel printer
> support. What about lip?
What about "patch_"?
It is not so big subsystem that additional typing would matter much...
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