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

From: Petr Mladek
Date: Fri Nov 01 2019 - 08:14:45 EST


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 <jpoimboe@xxxxxxxxxx>

The patchset has been commited into livepatch.git, branch
for-5.5/system-state.

Best Regards,
Petr