Re: [PATCH 3/3] livepatch: force transition process to finish

[Libor Pechacek]

On Thu 18-05-17 14:00:43, Miroslav Benes wrote:
[...]
> Admin can do that now by writing 2 to force sysfs attribute in livepatch
> sysfs directory. TIF_PATCH_PENDING is then cleared for all tasks and the
> transition can finish successfully.
[...]
> --- a/include/linux/livepatch.h
> +++ b/include/linux/livepatch.h
> @@ -31,6 +31,7 @@
>  
>  /* values for sysfs force attribute */
>  #define KLP_FORCE_FAKE		1
> +#define KLP_FORCE_UNMARK	2

Again, needs documentation. I would consider using symbolic names instead of
numbers, like /sys/power/state does, even more friendly. Possibility to read a
list of available actions would help user space tools identify what is
available in case the list grows in the future.

Libor
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Libor Pechacek
SUSE Labs