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Re: [PATCH 2/2] ppc64le live patch: get rid of mini stack frame

From: Petr Mladek <pmladek@suse.com>
Date: 2016-03-10 12:25:23
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On Wed 2016-03-09 18:30:17, Torsten Duwe wrote:
After the mini stack frame is no longer required for TOC storage, it can
be eliminated iff the functionality of klp_return_helper, which required
a stack frame for the extra return address previously, is carried out
by the replacement function now. This requires _every_ live patch replacement
function to execute the following (or similar) sequence of machine instructions
just before every return to the original caller:
I have thought about it and it is a nono from my point of view.
It is too error prone, especially that there are functions that
call return on several locations.

Best Regards,
Petr
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