Re: [POC 0/7] livepatch: Make livepatch states, callbacks, and shadow variables work together

On Thu 2024-07-25 16:40:20, Nicolai Stange wrote: > Miroslav Benes writes: > > > > > Do we still need klp_state->data member? Now that it can be easily coupled > > with shadow variables, is there a reason to preserve it? Good point. I have actually forgot the pointer completely. > I would say

Re: [POC 0/7] livepatch: Make livepatch states, callbacks, and shadow variables work together

On Thu 2024-07-25 16:19:30, Miroslav Benes wrote: > On Fri, 10 Nov 2023, Josh Poimboeuf wrote: > > > On Fri, Nov 10, 2023 at 06:04:21PM +0100, Petr Mladek wrote: > > > This POC is a material for the discussion "Simplify Livepatch Callbacks, > > > Shadow Variables, and States handling" at LPC 2013,

Re: [POC 0/7] livepatch: Make livepatch states, callbacks, and shadow variables work together

Miroslav Benes writes: > > Do we still need klp_state->data member? Now that it can be easily coupled > with shadow variables, is there a reason to preserve it? I would say yes, it could point to e.g. some lock protecting an associated shadow variable's usage. Or be used to conveniently pass on

Re: [POC 0/7] livepatch: Make livepatch states, callbacks, and shadow variables work together

Hi Petr, On Fri, 10 Nov 2023, Petr Mladek wrote: > This POC is a material for the discussion "Simplify Livepatch Callbacks, > Shadow Variables, and States handling" at LPC 2013, see > https://lpc.events/event/17/contributions/1541/ > > It obsoletes the patchset adding the garbage collection of s

Re: [POC 0/7] livepatch: Make livepatch states, callbacks, and shadow variables work together

On Fri, 10 Nov 2023, Josh Poimboeuf wrote: > On Fri, Nov 10, 2023 at 06:04:21PM +0100, Petr Mladek wrote: > > This POC is a material for the discussion "Simplify Livepatch Callbacks, > > Shadow Variables, and States handling" at LPC 2013, see > > https://lpc.events/event/17/contributions/1541/ > >

Re: [POC 0/7] livepatch: Make livepatch states, callbacks, and shadow variables work together

On Fri, Nov 10, 2023 at 06:04:21PM +0100, Petr Mladek wrote: > This POC is a material for the discussion "Simplify Livepatch Callbacks, > Shadow Variables, and States handling" at LPC 2013, see > https://lpc.events/event/17/contributions/1541/ > > It obsoletes the patchset adding the garbage colle

[POC 0/7] livepatch: Make livepatch states, callbacks, and shadow variables work together

This POC is a material for the discussion "Simplify Livepatch Callbacks, Shadow Variables, and States handling" at LPC 2013, see https://lpc.events/event/17/contributions/1541/ It obsoletes the patchset adding the garbage collection of shadow variables. This new solution is based on ideas from Nic