Re: [PATCH] livepatch: fix deferred module patching order

From: Jiri Kosina
Date: Fri Jan 09 2015 - 16:29:13 EST


On Fri, 9 Jan 2015, Josh Poimboeuf wrote:

> When applying multiple patches to a module, if the module is loaded
> after the patches are loaded, the patches are applied in reverse order:
>
> $ insmod patch1.ko
> [ 43.172992] livepatch: enabling patch 'patch1'
>
> $ insmod patch2.ko
> [ 46.571563] livepatch: enabling patch 'patch2'
>
> $ modprobe nfsd
> [ 52.888922] livepatch: applying patch 'patch2' to loading module 'nfsd'
> [ 52.899847] livepatch: applying patch 'patch1' to loading module 'nfsd'
>
> Fix the loading order by storing the klp_patches list in queue order.
>
> Signed-off-by: Josh Poimboeuf <jpoimboe@xxxxxxxxxx>

Applied and pushed out, thanks.

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Jiri Kosina
SUSE Labs
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