Re: [PATCH][v4] livepatch/ppc: Enable livepatching on powerpc

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* Petr Mladek <pmladek@xxxxxxxx> [2016-03-03 17:52:01]:

> From: Balbir Singh <bsingharora@xxxxxxxxx>
> 
> Changelog v4:
> 	1. Renamed klp_matchaddr() to klp_get_ftrace_location()
> 	   and used it just to convert the function address.
> 	2. Synced klp_write_module_reloc() with s390(); made it
> 	   inline, no error message, return -ENOSYS
> 	3. Added an error message when including
> 	   powerpc/include/asm/livepatch.h without HAVE_LIVEPATCH
> 	4. Update some comments.
> Changelog v3:
> 	1. Moved -ENOSYS to -EINVAL in klp_write_module_reloc
> 	2. Moved klp_matchaddr to use ftrace_location_range
> Changelog v2:
> 	1. Implement review comments by Michael
> 	2. The previous version compared _NIP from the
> 	   wrong location to check for whether we
> 	   are going to a patched location
> 
> This applies on top of the patches posted by Michael
> https://patchwork.ozlabs.org/patch/589791/
> 
> It enables livepatching. This takes patch 6/8 and 7/8 of v8 as the base.
> (See the reference [1] below) and adds logic for checking offset ranges
> in livepatch with ftrace_location_range.
> 
> I tested the sample in the livepatch
> 
> Signed-off-by: Torsten Duwe <duwe@xxxxxxx>
> Signed-off-by: Balbir Singh <bsingharora@xxxxxxxxx>
> Signed-off-by: Petr Mladek <pmladek@xxxxxxxx>

Reviewed-by: Kamalesh Babulal <kamalesh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>

I tried it, with the sample livepatch module.

Tested-by: Kamalesh Babulal <kamalesh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>



Thanks,
Kamalesh.

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