Re: [PATCHv7 1/3] kernel: add TAINT_LIVEPATCH

From: Jiri Kosina
Date: Thu Dec 18 2014 - 10:52:11 EST


On Thu, 18 Dec 2014, Masami Hiramatsu wrote:

> > This adds a new taint flag to indicate when the kernel or a kernel
> > module has been live patched. This will provide a clean indication in
> > bug reports that live patching was used.
> >
> > Additionally, if the crash occurs in a live patched function, the live
> > patch module will appear beside the patched function in the backtrace.
> >
> > Signed-off-by: Seth Jennings <sjenning@xxxxxxxxxx>
>
> Looks good to me.
>
> Reviewed-by: Masami Hiramatsu <masami.hiramatsu.pt@xxxxxxxxxxx>

Masami, just for completness -- is this just for 1/3, or for the whole
series? (so that I get it right once I am applying the patches to git
tree).

Thanks,

--
Jiri Kosina
SUSE Labs
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