From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.0 (2014-02-07) on aws-us-west-2-korg-lkml-1.web.codeaurora.org X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-2.2 required=3.0 tests=HEADER_FROM_DIFFERENT_DOMAINS, MAILING_LIST_MULTI,SPF_HELO_NONE,SPF_PASS,URIBL_BLOCKED,USER_AGENT_SANE_1 autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.0 Received: from mail.kernel.org (mail.kernel.org [198.145.29.99]) by smtp.lore.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6CC5ECA9ECF for ; Fri, 1 Nov 2019 12:14:44 +0000 (UTC) Received: from vger.kernel.org (vger.kernel.org [209.132.180.67]) by mail.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 491B7208E3 for ; Fri, 1 Nov 2019 12:14:44 +0000 (UTC) Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1727487AbfKAMOn (ORCPT ); Fri, 1 Nov 2019 08:14:43 -0400 Received: from mx2.suse.de ([195.135.220.15]:53542 "EHLO mx1.suse.de" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-FAIL) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1727279AbfKAMOn (ORCPT ); Fri, 1 Nov 2019 08:14:43 -0400 X-Virus-Scanned: by amavisd-new at test-mx.suse.de Received: from relay2.suse.de (unknown [195.135.220.254]) by mx1.suse.de (Postfix) with ESMTP id DB7F2AC8B; Fri, 1 Nov 2019 12:14:41 +0000 (UTC) Date: Fri, 1 Nov 2019 13:14:40 +0100 From: Petr Mladek To: Josh Poimboeuf Cc: Jiri Kosina , Miroslav Benes , Joe Lawrence , Kamalesh Babulal , Nicolai Stange , live-patching@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: [PATCH v4 0/5] livepatch: new API to track system state changes Message-ID: <20191101121440.kpvtont5mrmet2mq@pathway.suse.cz> References: <20191030154313.13263-1-pmladek@suse.com> <20191031180650.g4tss4wfksg2bs6a@treble> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20191031180650.g4tss4wfksg2bs6a@treble> User-Agent: NeoMutt/20170912 (1.9.0) Sender: live-patching-owner@vger.kernel.org Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: live-patching@vger.kernel.org On Thu 2019-10-31 13:06:50, Josh Poimboeuf wrote: > On Wed, Oct 30, 2019 at 04:43:08PM +0100, Petr Mladek wrote: > > 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] > > Acked-by: Josh Poimboeuf The patchset has been commited into livepatch.git, branch for-5.5/system-state. Best Regards, Petr