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SubjectRe: [PATCHv7 2/3] kernel: add support for live patching
On Tue 2014-12-16 11:58:19, Seth Jennings wrote:
> This commit introduces code for the live patching core. It implements
> an ftrace-based mechanism and kernel interface for doing live patching
> of kernel and kernel module functions.
>
> It represents the greatest common functionality set between kpatch and
> kgraft and can accept patches built using either method.
>
> This first version does not implement any consistency mechanism that
> ensures that old and new code do not run together. In practice, ~90% of
> CVEs are safe to apply in this way, since they simply add a conditional
> check. However, any function change that can not execute safely with
> the old version of the function can _not_ be safely applied in this
> version.
>
> Signed-off-by: Seth Jennings <sjenning@redhat.com>
> Signed-off-by: Josh Poimboeuf <jpoimboe@redhat.com>

I like the current state. Thanks a lot for the effort.

Reviewed-by: Petr Mladek <pmladek@suse.cz>

and for my changes:

Signed-off-by: Petr Mladek <pmladek@suse.cz>

Best Regards,
Petr


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