Re: [PATCH v3 2/2] livepatch: add atomic replace

From: Miroslav Benes
Date: Wed Oct 18 2017 - 07:29:51 EST


On Wed, 18 Oct 2017, Josh Poimboeuf wrote:

> On Wed, Oct 18, 2017 at 11:10:09AM +0200, Miroslav Benes wrote:
> > 3. Drop immediate. It causes problems only and its advantages on x86_64
> > are theoretical. You would still need to solve the interaction with atomic
> > replace on other architecture with immediate preserved, but that may be
> > easier. Or we can be aggressive and drop immediate completely. The force
> > transition I proposed earlier could achieve the same.
>
> I like this idea. When can we expect v3 of the force patches? :-)

Hopefully soon. First I wanted to eliminate the amount of
unreaded/unreviewed patches. Almost there. However there is OSS
next week :/. But soon... :)

Miroslav