Re: [POC 2/7] livepatch: Allow to handle lifetime of shadow variables using the livepatch state

[Miroslav Benes]

> diff --git a/kernel/livepatch/state.c b/kernel/livepatch/state.c
> index 6693d808106b..4ec65afe3a43 100644
> --- a/kernel/livepatch/state.c
> +++ b/kernel/livepatch/state.c
> @@ -198,11 +198,17 @@ void klp_release_states(struct klp_patch *patch)
>  		if (is_state_in_other_patches(patch, state))
>  			continue;
>  
> -		if (!state->callbacks.release)
> -			continue;
> -
> -		if (state->callbacks.setup_succeeded)
> +		if (state->callbacks.release && state->callbacks.setup_succeeded)
>  			state->callbacks.release(patch, state);
> +
> +		if (state->is_shadow)
> +			klp_shadow_free_all(state->id, state->callbacks.shadow_dtor);

The following

> +		/*
> +		 * The @release callback is supposed to restore the original
> +		 * state before the @setup callback was called.
> +		 */
> +		state->callbacks.setup_succeeded = 0;

should go to the previous patch perhaps?

Miroslav