Re: [PATCH 0/3] ftrace: Introduce PERMANENT ftrace_ops flag

[Steven Rostedt]

On Thu, 10 Oct 2019 09:43:52 -0400
Steven Rostedt <rostedt@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> 
> Yes, but let's still add the patch that does the permanent check. And
> then I'll put the "remove this flag" patch on top (and revert
> everything else). This way, if somebody complains, and Linus reverts
> the removal patch, we don't end up breaking live kernel patching
> again ;-)


Not to mention, the PERMANENT flag patch can be marked as stable. The
removal of the switch, not so.

-- Steve