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livepatch: Keep replaced patches until post_patch callback is called
authorPetr Mladek <pmladek@suse.com>
Wed, 30 Oct 2019 15:43:09 +0000 (16:43 +0100)
committerPetr Mladek <pmladek@suse.com>
Fri, 1 Nov 2019 12:08:08 +0000 (13:08 +0100)
commit7e35e4eb7e56233dcf445992d7b835a9ba93408e
tree37f5a3373196c3c9819a62b5e12f5e033eaf4173
parent9f7582d15f82e86b2041ab22327b7d769e061c1f
livepatch: Keep replaced patches until post_patch callback is called

Pre/post (un)patch callbacks might manipulate the system state. Cumulative
livepatches might need to take over the changes made by the replaced
ones. For this they might need to access some data stored or referenced
by the old livepatches.

Therefore the replaced livepatches have to stay around until post_patch()
callback is called. It is achieved by calling the free functions later.
It is the same location where disabled livepatches have already been
freed.

Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/20191030154313.13263-2-pmladek@suse.com
To: Jiri Kosina <jikos@kernel.org>
Cc: Kamalesh Babulal <kamalesh@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
Cc: Nicolai Stange <nstange@suse.de>
Cc: live-patching@vger.kernel.org
Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Acked-by: Miroslav Benes <mbenes@suse.cz>
Acked-by: Joe Lawrence <joe.lawrence@redhat.com>
Acked-by: Josh Poimboeuf <jpoimboe@redhat.com>
Signed-off-by: Petr Mladek <pmladek@suse.com>
kernel/livepatch/core.c
kernel/livepatch/core.h
kernel/livepatch/transition.c