From: Joe Lawrence <joe.lawrence@redhat.com>
To: live-patching@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH 2/2] samples/livepatch: Add README.rst disclaimer
Date: Tue, 21 Jul 2020 12:14:07 -0400
Message-ID: <20200721161407.26806-3-joe.lawrence@redhat.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20200721161407.26806-1-joe.lawrence@redhat.com>
The livepatch samples aren't very careful with respect to compiler
IPA-optimization of target kernel functions.
Add a quick disclaimer and pointer to the compiler-considerations.rst
file to warn readers.
Suggested-by: Josh Poimboeuf <jpoimboe@redhat.com>
Signed-off-by: Joe Lawrence <joe.lawrence@redhat.com>
---
samples/livepatch/README.rst | 15 +++++++++++++++
1 file changed, 15 insertions(+)
create mode 100644 samples/livepatch/README.rst
diff --git a/samples/livepatch/README.rst b/samples/livepatch/README.rst
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..2f8ef945f2ac
--- /dev/null
+++ b/samples/livepatch/README.rst
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+.. SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0+
+
+==========
+Disclaimer
+==========
+
+The livepatch sample programs were written with idealized compiler
+output in mind. That is to say that they do not consider ways in which
+optimization may transform target kernel functions.
+
+The samples present only a simple API demonstration and should not be
+considered completely safe.
+
+See the Documentation/livepatching/compiler-considerations.rst file for
+more details on compiler optimizations and how they affect livepatching.
--
2.21.3
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Thread overview: 13+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2020-07-21 16:14 [PATCH 0/2] livepatch: Add compiler optimization disclaimer/docs Joe Lawrence
2020-07-21 16:14 ` [PATCH 1/2] docs/livepatch: Add new compiler considerations doc Joe Lawrence
2020-07-21 23:04 ` Josh Poimboeuf
2020-07-22 17:03 ` Joe Lawrence
2020-07-22 20:51 ` Josh Poimboeuf
2020-08-06 12:03 ` Petr Mladek
2020-08-10 19:46 ` refactoring livepatch documentation was " Joe Lawrence
2020-09-01 17:12 ` Josh Poimboeuf
2020-09-02 14:00 ` Miroslav Benes
2020-09-02 13:45 ` Miroslav Benes
2020-07-21 16:14 ` Joe Lawrence [this message]
2020-08-06 12:07 ` [PATCH 2/2] samples/livepatch: Add README.rst disclaimer Petr Mladek
2020-09-02 13:46 ` Miroslav Benes
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