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From: Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk <konrad.wilk@oracle.com>
To: Pawel Wieczorkiewicz <wipawel@amazon.de>,
	xen-devel@lists.xen.org, xen-devel@lists.xenproject.org
Cc: wipawel@amazon.com, Stefano Stabellini <sstabellini@kernel.org>,
	Wei Liu <wl@xen.org>, George Dunlap <George.Dunlap@eu.citrix.com>,
	Andrew Cooper <andrew.cooper3@citrix.com>,
	Ian Jackson <ian.jackson@eu.citrix.com>,
	mpohlack@amazon.com, Tim Deegan <tim@xen.org>,
	Ross Lagerwall <ross.lagerwall@citrix.com>,
	Julien Grall <julien.grall@arm.com>,
	Jan Beulich <jbeulich@suse.com>
Subject: Re: [Xen-devel] [PATCH v2 05/12] livepatch: Add support for apply|revert action replacement hooks
Date: Tue, 27 Aug 2019 12:58:31 -0400	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <AC4BE922-88D7-47B9-9CEC-D9413B22AB61@oracle.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20190827084624.116917-6-wipawel@amazon.de>

On August 27, 2019 4:46:17 AM EDT, Pawel Wieczorkiewicz <wipawel@amazon.de> wrote:
>By default, in the quiescing zone, a hotpatch payload is applied with
>apply_payload() and reverted with revert_payload() functions. Both of
>the functions receive the payload struct pointer as a parameter. The
>functions are also a place where standard 'load' and 'unload' module
>hooks are executed.
>
>To increase hotpatching system's agility and provide more flexiable
>long-term hotpatch solution, allow to overwrite the default apply
>and revert action functions with hook-like supplied alternatives.
>The alternative functions are optional and the default functions are
>used by default.

Is there sense in having the old ones anymore? We could just remove them altogether and just use the new ones instead from the start?


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Thread overview: 66+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2019-08-21  8:19 [Xen-devel] [PATCH 00/14] livepatch: new features and fixes Pawel Wieczorkiewicz
2019-08-21  8:19 ` [Xen-devel] [PATCH 01/14] livepatch: Always check hypervisor build ID upon hotpatch upload Pawel Wieczorkiewicz
2019-08-21 18:16   ` Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk
2019-08-21  8:19 ` [Xen-devel] [PATCH 02/14] livepatch: Allow to override inter-modules buildid dependency Pawel Wieczorkiewicz
2019-08-21  8:19 ` [Xen-devel] [PATCH 03/14] python: Add XC binding for Xen build ID Pawel Wieczorkiewicz
2019-08-21  8:19 ` [Xen-devel] [PATCH 04/14] livepatch: Export payload structure via livepatch_payload.h Pawel Wieczorkiewicz
2019-08-21  8:19 ` [Xen-devel] [PATCH 05/14] livepatch: Implement pre-|post- apply|revert hooks Pawel Wieczorkiewicz
2019-08-21  8:19 ` [Xen-devel] [PATCH 06/14] livepatch: Add support for apply|revert action replacement hooks Pawel Wieczorkiewicz
2019-08-21 18:31   ` Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk
2019-08-21 19:06     ` Wieczorkiewicz, Pawel
2019-08-26 14:30       ` Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk
2019-08-21  8:19 ` [Xen-devel] [PATCH 07/14] livepatch: Do not enforce ELF_LIVEPATCH_FUNC section presence Pawel Wieczorkiewicz
2019-08-21  8:19 ` [Xen-devel] [PATCH 08/14] livepatch: always print XENLOG_ERR information Pawel Wieczorkiewicz
2019-08-21  8:19 ` [Xen-devel] [PATCH 09/14] livepatch: Add per-function applied/reverted state tracking marker Pawel Wieczorkiewicz
2019-08-21 18:28   ` Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk
2019-08-21 19:00     ` Wieczorkiewicz, Pawel
2019-08-21 21:34   ` Julien Grall
2019-08-22  7:44     ` Wieczorkiewicz, Pawel
2019-08-22 10:07       ` Julien Grall
2019-08-22 10:20         ` Wieczorkiewicz, Pawel
2019-08-22 10:43           ` Julien Grall
2019-08-22 11:15             ` Wieczorkiewicz, Pawel
2019-08-22 15:02               ` Julien Grall
2019-08-22 10:29   ` Julien Grall
2019-08-22 11:02     ` Wieczorkiewicz, Pawel
2019-08-22 15:30       ` Julien Grall
2019-08-22 15:42         ` Wieczorkiewicz, Pawel
2019-08-21  8:19 ` [Xen-devel] [PATCH 10/14] livepatch: Add support for inline asm hotpatching expectations Pawel Wieczorkiewicz
2019-08-21 18:30   ` Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk
2019-08-21 19:02     ` Wieczorkiewicz, Pawel
2019-08-22 10:31   ` Julien Grall
2019-08-22 11:03     ` Wieczorkiewicz, Pawel
2019-08-21  8:19 ` [Xen-devel] [PATCH 11/14] livepatch: Add support for modules .modinfo section metadata Pawel Wieczorkiewicz
2019-08-21  8:19 ` [Xen-devel] [PATCH 12/14] livepatch: Handle arbitrary size names with the list operation Pawel Wieczorkiewicz
2019-08-21  8:19 ` [Xen-devel] [PATCH 13/14] livepatch: Add metadata runtime retrieval mechanism Pawel Wieczorkiewicz
2019-08-21  8:19 ` [Xen-devel] [PATCH 14/14] livepatch: Add python bindings for livepatch operations Pawel Wieczorkiewicz
2019-08-22 21:55   ` Marek Marczykowski-Górecki
2019-08-27  8:46 ` [Xen-devel] [PATCH v2 00/12] livepatch: new features and fixes Pawel Wieczorkiewicz
2019-08-27  8:46   ` [Xen-devel] [PATCH v2 01/12] livepatch: Always check hypervisor build ID upon hotpatch upload Pawel Wieczorkiewicz
2019-08-27  8:46   ` [Xen-devel] [PATCH v2 02/12] livepatch: Allow to override inter-modules buildid dependency Pawel Wieczorkiewicz
2019-08-27  8:46   ` [Xen-devel] [PATCH v2 03/12] livepatch: Export payload structure via livepatch_payload.h Pawel Wieczorkiewicz
2019-08-27  8:46   ` [Xen-devel] [PATCH v2 04/12] livepatch: Implement pre-|post- apply|revert hooks Pawel Wieczorkiewicz
2019-08-27  8:46   ` [Xen-devel] [PATCH v2 05/12] livepatch: Add support for apply|revert action replacement hooks Pawel Wieczorkiewicz
2019-08-27 16:58     ` Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk [this message]
2019-08-28  7:37       ` Wieczorkiewicz, Pawel
2019-08-27  8:46   ` [Xen-devel] [PATCH v2 06/12] livepatch: Do not enforce ELF_LIVEPATCH_FUNC section presence Pawel Wieczorkiewicz
2019-08-27  8:46   ` [Xen-devel] [PATCH v2 07/12] livepatch: Add per-function applied/reverted state tracking marker Pawel Wieczorkiewicz
2019-08-27  8:46   ` [Xen-devel] [PATCH v2 08/12] livepatch: Add support for inline asm hotpatching expectations Pawel Wieczorkiewicz
2019-08-29 14:34     ` Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk
2019-08-29 15:29       ` Wieczorkiewicz, Pawel
2019-08-29 15:58     ` Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk
2019-08-29 16:16       ` Wieczorkiewicz, Pawel
2019-08-29 17:49         ` Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk
2019-08-29 19:07           ` Wieczorkiewicz, Pawel
2019-08-29 20:48             ` Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk
2019-09-05 18:05     ` Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk
2019-08-27  8:46   ` [Xen-devel] [PATCH v2 09/12] livepatch: Add support for modules .modinfo section metadata Pawel Wieczorkiewicz
2019-08-27  8:46   ` [Xen-devel] [PATCH v2 10/12] livepatch: Handle arbitrary size names with the list operation Pawel Wieczorkiewicz
2019-08-27  8:46   ` [Xen-devel] [PATCH v2 11/12] livepatch: Add metadata runtime retrieval mechanism Pawel Wieczorkiewicz
2019-08-29 20:48     ` Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk
2019-08-27  8:46   ` [Xen-devel] [PATCH v2 12/12] livepatch: Add python bindings for livepatch operations Pawel Wieczorkiewicz
2019-08-28 13:21     ` Marek Marczykowski-Górecki
2019-08-29 19:23   ` [Xen-devel] [PATCH v2 00/12] livepatch: new features and fixes Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk
2019-09-05 19:13   ` Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk
2019-09-06 22:52     ` Julien Grall
2019-09-06 22:42   ` Julien Grall

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