On Thu 2017-08-10 12:48:14, Miroslav Benes wrote:
> Live patching consistency model is of LEAVE_PATCHED_SET and
> SWITCH_THREAD. This means that all tasks in the system have to be marked
> one by one as safe to call a new patched function. Safe means when a
> task is not (sleeping) in a set of patched functions. That is, no
> patched function is on the task's stack. Another clearly safe place is
> the boundary between kernel and userspace. The patching waits for all
> tasks to get outside of the patched set or to cross the boundary. The
> transition is completed afterwards.
>
> diff --git a/kernel/livepatch/core.c b/kernel/livepatch/core.c
> index 79022b7eca2c..a359340c924d 100644
> --- a/kernel/livepatch/core.c
> +++ b/kernel/livepatch/core.c
> @@ -452,7 +452,7 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(klp_enable_patch);
> static ssize_t force_show(struct kobject *kobj,
> struct kobj_attribute *attr, char *buf)
> {
> - return sprintf(buf, "No operation is currently permitted.\n");
> + return sprintf(buf, "signal\n");
This makes invalid the "NOTE:" above this function ;-)
Best Regards,
Petr
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