Re: [RFC 0/5] livepatch: new API to track system state changes

From: Nicolai Stange
Date: Mon Jun 24 2019 - 05:27:38 EST


Hi Petr,

> this is another piece in the puzzle that helps to maintain more
> livepatches.
>
> Especially pre/post (un)patch callbacks might change a system state.
> Any newly installed livepatch has to somehow deal with system state
> modifications done be already installed livepatches.
>
> This patchset provides, hopefully, a simple and generic API that
> helps to keep and pass information between the livepatches.
> It is also usable to prevent loading incompatible livepatches.

I like it a lot, many thanks for doing this!

Minor remarks/questions will follow inline.

Nicolai