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2023 Jan 26
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[PATCH 2/2] vhost: check for pending livepatches from vhost worker kthreads
...ds.
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> But a livepatch transition will normally stall if patching these
> functions when a relevant kthread is running (unless the patch is
> forced), so a patch author who made a mistake should quickly notice.
> vhost_worker() would behave differently.
Another crazy idea:
/**
* klp_update_patch_state_safe() - do not update the path state when
* called from a livepatch.
* @task: task_struct to be updated
* @calller_addr: address of the function which calls this one
*
* Do not update the patch set when called from a livepatch.
* It would allow to remove the livepatch module even when
* the cod...