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Re: [PATCH v7 for-next 4/8] livepatch: Deprecate stack_order

From: Josh Poimboeuf <jpoimboe@kernel.org>
Date: 2026-08-28 00:29:05

On Tue, Aug 25, 2026 at 07:46:37PM +0800, Yafang Shao wrote:
quoted hunk ↗ jump to hunk
stack_order is no longer needed for atomic-replace livepatches, as a
single function can only be modified by a unique replace_set.
Since this livepatch sysfs interface is mainly intended for kernel
developers, backward compatibility does not need to be maintained.

Signed-off-by: Yafang Shao <redacted>
Cc: Wardenjohn <redacted>
Acked-by: Song Liu <song@kernel.org>
---
 .../ABI/removed/sysfs-kernel-livepatch        | 16 +++++++++++++
 .../ABI/testing/sysfs-kernel-livepatch        |  9 -------
 kernel/livepatch/core.c                       | 24 -------------------
 3 files changed, 16 insertions(+), 33 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 Documentation/ABI/removed/sysfs-kernel-livepatch
diff --git a/Documentation/ABI/removed/sysfs-kernel-livepatch b/Documentation/ABI/removed/sysfs-kernel-livepatch
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..fb6ff9c3b43e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Documentation/ABI/removed/sysfs-kernel-livepatch
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+What:		/sys/kernel/livepatch/<patch>/replace
+Date:		Jun 2024
+KernelVersion:	6.11.0
+Contact:	live-patching@vger.kernel.org
+Description:
+		An attribute which indicates whether the patch supports
+		atomic-replace.
This part belongs in that other patch which removed it?

-- 
Josh
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