Re: [PATCH v3 0/3] livepatch,sched: Add livepatch task switching to cond_resched()

From: Miroslav Benes
Date: Thu Mar 30 2023 - 12:11:50 EST


On Fri, 24 Feb 2023, Josh Poimboeuf wrote:

> v3:
> - Add barriers (pmladek)
> - Update comments
>
> v2:
> - Avoid calling klp_cond_resched_disable() in klp_cancel_transition()
> - Fix race in klp_reverse_transition()
>
> Fix patching stalls caused by busy kthreads.
>
> Josh Poimboeuf (3):
> livepatch: Skip task_call_func() for current task
> livepatch,sched: Add livepatch task switching to cond_resched()
> vhost: Fix livepatch timeouts in vhost_worker()
>
> drivers/vhost/vhost.c | 3 +-
> include/linux/livepatch.h | 1 +
> include/linux/livepatch_sched.h | 29 ++++++++
> include/linux/sched.h | 20 ++++--
> kernel/livepatch/core.c | 1 +
> kernel/livepatch/transition.c | 113 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++-----
> kernel/sched/core.c | 64 +++++++++++++++---
> 7 files changed, 200 insertions(+), 31 deletions(-)
> create mode 100644 include/linux/livepatch_sched.h

Late, so just recording it here...

Acked-by: Miroslav Benes <mbenes@xxxxxxx>

Thanks for improving the situation, Josh.

M