Jessica Yu <jeyu@xxxxxxxxxx> writes: > Remove the livepatch module notifier in favor of directly enabling and > disabling patches to modules in the module loader. Hard-coding the > function calls ensures that ftrace_module_enable() is run before > klp_module_coming() during module load, and that klp_module_going() is > run before ftrace_release_mod() during module unload. This way, ftrace > and livepatch code is run in the correct order during the module > load/unload sequence without dependence on the module notifier call chain. > > This fixes a notifier ordering issue in which the ftrace module notifier > (and hence ftrace_module_enable()) for coming modules was being called > after klp_module_notify(), which caused livepatch modules to initialize > incorrectly. Without a Fixes: line, it's not absolutely clear whether this needs CC:stable, needs to go to Linus now, or can wait for the next merge window. I *think* you want all four merged this merge window, and 3 and 4 are required to fix a regression introduced since 4.4... Sorry for being obtuse! Rusty. -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe live-patching" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
