Re: [RFC][PATCH] Enable livepatching for powerpc

[Date Prev][Date Next][Thread Prev][Thread Next][Date Index][Thread Index]

 



* Balbir Singh <bsingharora@xxxxxxxxx> [2016-02-25 23:11:45]:

> This applies on top of the patches posted by Michael today
> Enable livepatching. This takes patch 6/8 and 7/8 of v8 as the base.
> Removes the extra strict check in gcc-profile-kernel-notrace.sh
> and adds logic for checking offsets in livepatch. The patch
> for HAVE_C_RECORDMCOUNT is not required and not used here.
> 
> Depending on whether or not a TOC is generated, the offset
> for _mcount can be +16 or +8. The changes are such that the
> offset checks are specific to powerpc.
> 
> Comments? Testing? I tested the sample in the livepatch
> directory
> 
> References
> 
> 1. https://patchwork.ozlabs.org/patch/581521/
> 2. https://patchwork.ozlabs.org/patch/587464/
> 
> Signed-off-by: Torsten Duwe <duwe@xxxxxxx>
> Signed-off-by: Balbir Singh <bsingharora@xxxxxxxxx>

I was able to test livepatch-sample module with this patch + Michael patch set.

Tested-by: Kamalesh Babulal <kamalesh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>


Regards,
Kamalesh.

--
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



[Date Prev][Date Next][Thread Prev][Thread Next][Date Index][Thread Index]
[Index of Archives]     [Linux Kernel]     [Linux NFS]     [Linux NILFS]     [Linux USB Devel]     [Video for Linux]     [Linux Audio Users]     [Yosemite News]     [Linux SCSI]

  Powered by Linux