[PATCH v4 0/5] livepatch: new API to track system state changes

From: Petr Mladek <pmladek@suse.com>
To: Jiri Kosina <jikos@kernel.org>,
	Josh Poimboeuf <jpoimboe@redhat.com>,
	Miroslav Benes <mbenes@suse.cz>
Cc: Joe Lawrence <joe.lawrence@redhat.com>,
	Kamalesh Babulal <kamalesh@linux.vnet.ibm.com>,
	Nicolai Stange <nstange@suse.de>,
	live-patching@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
	Petr Mladek <pmladek@suse.com>
Subject: [PATCH v4 0/5] livepatch: new API to track system state changes
Date: Wed, 30 Oct 2019 16:43:08 +0100	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20191030154313.13263-1-pmladek@suse.com> (raw)

Hi,

this is another piece in the puzzle that helps to maintain more
livepatches.

Especially pre/post (un)patch callbacks might change a system state.
Any newly installed livepatch has to somehow deal with system state
modifications done be already installed livepatches.

This patchset provides a simple and generic API that
helps to keep and pass information between the livepatches.
It is also usable to prevent loading incompatible livepatches.

Changes since v3:

  + selftests compilation error [kbuild test robot]	
  + fix copyright in selftests [Joe]
  + used macros for the module names in selftests [Joe]
  + allow zero state version [Josh]
  + slightly refactor the code for checking state version [Josh]
  + fix few typos reported by checkpatch.pl [Petr]
  + added Acks [Joe]

Changes since v2:

  + Typo fixes [Miroslav]
  + Move the documentation at the end of the list [Miroslav]
  + Add Miroslav's acks

Changes since v1:

  + Use "unsigned long" instead of "int" for "state.id" [Nicolai]
  + Use "unsigned int" instead of "int" for "state.version [Petr]
  + Include "state.h" to avoid warning about non-static func [Miroslav]
  + Simplify logic in klp_is_state_compatible() [Miroslav]
  + Document how livepatches should handle the state [Nicolai]
  + Fix some typos, formulation, module metadata [Joe, Miroslav]

Petr Mladek (5):
  livepatch: Keep replaced patches until post_patch callback is called
  livepatch: Basic API to track system state changes
  livepatch: Allow to distinguish different version of system state
    changes
  livepatch: Documentation of the new API for tracking system state
    changes
  livepatch: Selftests of the API for tracking system state changes

 Documentation/livepatch/index.rst               |   1 +
 Documentation/livepatch/system-state.rst        | 167 +++++++++++++++++++++
 include/linux/livepatch.h                       |  17 +++
 kernel/livepatch/Makefile                       |   2 +-
 kernel/livepatch/core.c                         |  44 ++++--
 kernel/livepatch/core.h                         |   5 +-
 kernel/livepatch/state.c                        | 119 +++++++++++++++
 kernel/livepatch/state.h                        |   9 ++
 kernel/livepatch/transition.c                   |  12 +-
 lib/livepatch/Makefile                          |   5 +-
 lib/livepatch/test_klp_state.c                  | 162 ++++++++++++++++++++
 lib/livepatch/test_klp_state2.c                 | 191 ++++++++++++++++++++++++
 lib/livepatch/test_klp_state3.c                 |   5 +
 tools/testing/selftests/livepatch/Makefile      |   3 +-
 tools/testing/selftests/livepatch/test-state.sh | 180 ++++++++++++++++++++++
 15 files changed, 901 insertions(+), 21 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 Documentation/livepatch/system-state.rst
 create mode 100644 kernel/livepatch/state.c
 create mode 100644 kernel/livepatch/state.h
 create mode 100644 lib/livepatch/test_klp_state.c
 create mode 100644 lib/livepatch/test_klp_state2.c
 create mode 100644 lib/livepatch/test_klp_state3.c
 create mode 100755 tools/testing/selftests/livepatch/test-state.sh

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