Re: [PATCH v6] livepatch: Clear relocation targets on a module removal

From: Joe Lawrence
Date: Mon Nov 21 2022 - 10:34:45 EST


On 11/18/22 12:14 PM, Song Liu wrote:
> Hi Petr,
>
> On Fri, Nov 18, 2022 at 8:24 AM Petr Mladek <pmladek@xxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>
>> On Thu 2022-09-01 10:12:52, Song Liu wrote:
> [...]
>>>
>>> arch/powerpc/kernel/module_32.c | 10 ++++
>>> arch/powerpc/kernel/module_64.c | 49 +++++++++++++++
>>> arch/s390/kernel/module.c | 8 +++
>>> arch/x86/kernel/module.c | 102 +++++++++++++++++++++++---------
>>> include/linux/moduleloader.h | 7 +++
>>> kernel/livepatch/core.c | 41 ++++++++++++-
>>
>> First, thanks a lot for working on this.
>>
>> I can't check or test the powerpc and s390 code easily.
>>
>> I am going to comment only x86 and generic code. It looks good
>> but it needs some changes to improve maintainability.
>
> Thanks for these comments and suggestions. I will work on them
> and send v4.
>

Hi Song,

I'll help with testing the arches (at least ppc64le and s390x, I can
only cross-build ppc32). I can either pick up the patches from the list
when you post, or if you want to run them through testing first, lmk.

Thanks,

--
Joe