Re: [PATCH v14 01/11] livepatch: Change unsigned long old_addr -> void *old_func in struct klp_func
From: Joe Lawrence
Date: Wed Dec 05 2018 - 13:45:13 EST
On Thu, Nov 29, 2018 at 10:44:21AM +0100, Petr Mladek wrote:
> The address of the to be patched function and new function is stored
> in struct klp_func as:
>
> void *new_func;
> unsigned long old_addr;
>
> The different naming scheme and type is derived from the way how
^^^^^^^^^^^
s/the way how/the way
> the addresses are set. @old_addr is assigned at runtime using
> kallsyms-based search. @new_func is statically initialized,
> for example:
>
> static struct klp_func funcs[] = {
> {
> .old_name = "cmdline_proc_show",
> .new_func = livepatch_cmdline_proc_show,
> }, { }
> };
>
> This patch changes unsigned log old_addr -> void *old_func. It removes
^^^^^^^^^^^^
s/unsigned log/unsigned long
> some confusion when these address are later used in the code. It is
> motivated by a followup patch that adds special NOP struct klp_func
> where we want to assign func->new_func = func->old_addr respectively
> func->new_func = func->old_func.
>
> This patch does not modify the existing behavior.
>
> Suggested-by: Josh Poimboeuf <jpoimboe@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Signed-off-by: Petr Mladek <pmladek@xxxxxxxx>
> ---
Acked-by: Joe Lawrence <joe.lawrence@xxxxxxxxxx>
-- Joe