Re: [PATCH 6/7] arm: Add livepatch to build if CONFIG_LIVEPATCH

[Petr Mladek]

On Tue 2016-12-06 17:06:06, Abel Vesa wrote:
> Necessary livepatch file added to makefile.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Abel Vesa <abelvesa@xxxxxxxxx>
> ---
>  arch/arm/kernel/Makefile | 1 +
>  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)
> 
> diff --git a/arch/arm/kernel/Makefile b/arch/arm/kernel/Makefile
> index ad325a8..9e70220 100644
> --- a/arch/arm/kernel/Makefile
> +++ b/arch/arm/kernel/Makefile
> @@ -48,6 +48,7 @@ obj-$(CONFIG_HAVE_ARM_TWD)	+= smp_twd.o
>  obj-$(CONFIG_ARM_ARCH_TIMER)	+= arch_timer.o
>  obj-$(CONFIG_FUNCTION_TRACER)	+= entry-ftrace.o
>  obj-$(CONFIG_DYNAMIC_FTRACE)	+= ftrace.o insn.o
> +obj-$(CONFIG_LIVEPATCH)		+= livepatch.o

It is strange that you add a source file in one patch and make it
build in a much later patch.

I suggest to restructure the entire patchset a bit. Please, first
add support for FTRACE_WITH_REGS. It makes sense on its own.
Then add the livepatch support on top of it.

Otherwise, it is not necessary to send v2 immediately for such
non-trivial code. There might be more people that would want
to look at it and it might take days until they find a time.
It is always better to collect some feedback, think about it
over night(s). Every question often opens many other questions
and it usually takes some time until all settles down into
a good picture again.

Best Regards,
Petr