Re: livepatch: old_name.number scheme in livepatch sysfs directory

[Jessica Yu]

+++ Chris J Arges [02/11/15 11:58 -0600]:
> The following directory structure will allow for cases when the same
> function name exists in a single object.
> 	/sys/kernel/livepatch/<patch>/<object>/<function.number>
>
> The number is incremented on each known initialized func kobj thus creating
> unique names in this case.
>
> An example of this issue is documented here:
> 	https://github.com/dynup/kpatch/issues/493
>
> Signed-off-by: Chris J Arges <chris.j.arges@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>

Thanks Chris. Verified that the patch fixes the panic caused by
multiple functions with the same name and object.

Acked-by: Jessica Yu <jeyu@xxxxxxxxxx>
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