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Date: Mon, 2 Nov 2015 14:15:11 -0500
From: Jessica Yu <jeyu@redhat.com>
To: Chris J Arges <chris.j.arges@canonical.com>
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Subject: Re: livepatch: old_name.number scheme in livepatch sysfs directory
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+++ Chris J Arges [02/11/15 11:58 -0600]:
>The following directory structure will allow for cases when the same
>function name exists in a single object.
>	/sys/kernel/livepatch/<patch>/<object>/<function.number>
>
>The number is incremented on each known initialized func kobj thus creating
>unique names in this case.
>
>An example of this issue is documented here:
>	https://github.com/dynup/kpatch/issues/493
>
>Signed-off-by: Chris J Arges <chris.j.arges@canonical.com>

Thanks Chris. Verified that the patch fixes the panic caused by
multiple functions with the same name and object.

Acked-by: Jessica Yu <jeyu@redhat.com>