I'm having trouble parsing the subject. How about: Allow unloading of patches added after using 'force' ? > --- a/kernel/livepatch/core.c > +++ b/kernel/livepatch/core.c > @@ -45,7 +45,8 @@ > */ > DEFINE_MUTEX(klp_mutex); > > -static LIST_HEAD(klp_patches); > +/* Registered patches */ > +LIST_HEAD(klp_patches); Instead of making this non-static, can we just move klp_force_transition() to core.c? It's nice to have all the list management code encapsulated in the same file. -- Josh