Thread (2 messages) 2 messages, 2 authors, 2020-11-06

Re: [PATCH 07/11 v3] livepatch: Trigger WARNING if livepatch function fails due to recursion

From: Miroslav Benes <mbenes@suse.cz>
Date: 2020-11-06 10:07:28
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On Thu, 5 Nov 2020, Steven Rostedt wrote:
From: "Steven Rostedt (VMware)" <rostedt@goodmis.org>

If for some reason a function is called that triggers the recursion
detection of live patching, trigger a warning. By not executing the live
patch code, it is possible that the old unpatched function will be called
placing the system into an unknown state.

Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20201029145709.GD16774@alley (local)

Cc: Josh Poimboeuf <redacted>
Cc: Jiri Kosina <jikos@kernel.org>
Cc: Joe Lawrence <joe.lawrence@redhat.com>
Cc: live-patching@vger.kernel.org
Suggested-by: Miroslav Benes <mbenes@suse.cz>
Reviewed-by: Petr Mladek <pmladek@suse.com>
Signed-off-by: Steven Rostedt (VMware) <rostedt@goodmis.org>
Acked-by: Miroslav Benes <mbenes@suse.cz>
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Changes since v2:

 - Blame Miroslav instead of Petr ;-)
Thanks. Fortunately, if printk is broken in WARN_ON_ONCE(), I can always 
blame Petr again :)

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