Re: [PATCH v3 0/3] livepatch: Add "replace" sysfs attribute

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On Tue, 25 Jun 2024, Yafang Shao wrote:

> There are situations when it might make sense to combine livepatches
> with and without the atomic replace on the same system. For example,
> the livepatch without the atomic replace might provide a hotfix
> or extra tuning.
> 
> Managing livepatches on such systems might be challenging. And the
> information which of the installed livepatches do not use the atomic
> replace would be useful. Therefore, "replace" sysfs attribute is added
> to show whether a livepatch supports atomic replace or not.
> 
> A minor cleanup is also included in this patchset.
> 
> v2->v3:
> - Improve the commit log (Petr)
> 
> v1->v2: https://lore.kernel.org/live-patching/20240610013237.92646-1-laoar.shao@xxxxxxxxx/
> - Refine the subject (Miroslav)
> - Use sysfs_emit() instead and replace other snprintf() as well (Miroslav)
> - Add selftests (Marcos) 
> 
> v1: https://lore.kernel.org/live-patching/20240607070157.33828-1-laoar.shao@xxxxxxxxx/
> 
> Yafang Shao (3):
>   livepatch: Add "replace" sysfs attribute
>   selftests/livepatch: Add selftests for "replace" sysfs attribute
>   livepatch: Replace snprintf() with sysfs_emit()
> 
>  .../ABI/testing/sysfs-kernel-livepatch        |  8 ++++
>  kernel/livepatch/core.c                       | 17 +++++--
>  .../testing/selftests/livepatch/test-sysfs.sh | 48 +++++++++++++++++++
>  3 files changed, 70 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

Acked-by: Miroslav Benes <mbenes@xxxxxxx>

M




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