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authorJoe Lawrence2017-10-13 21:08:41 +0200
committerJiri Kosina2017-10-19 10:08:56 +0200
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livepatch: add (un)patch callbacks
Provide livepatch modules a klp_object (un)patching notification mechanism. Pre and post-(un)patch callbacks allow livepatch modules to setup or synchronize changes that would be difficult to support in only patched-or-unpatched code contexts. Callbacks can be registered for target module or vmlinux klp_objects, but each implementation is klp_object specific. - Pre-(un)patch callbacks run before any (un)patching transition starts. - Post-(un)patch callbacks run once an object has been (un)patched and the klp_patch fully transitioned to its target state. Example use cases include modification of global data and registration of newly available services/handlers. See Documentation/livepatch/callbacks.txt for details and samples/livepatch/ for examples. Signed-off-by: Joe Lawrence <joe.lawrence@redhat.com> Acked-by: Josh Poimboeuf <jpoimboe@redhat.com> Acked-by: Miroslav Benes <mbenes@suse.cz> Signed-off-by: Jiri Kosina <jkosina@suse.cz>
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diff --git a/kernel/livepatch/patch.c b/kernel/livepatch/patch.c
index 52c4e907c14b..82d584225dc6 100644
--- a/kernel/livepatch/patch.c
+++ b/kernel/livepatch/patch.c
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@
#include <linux/slab.h>
#include <linux/bug.h>
#include <linux/printk.h>
+#include "core.h"
#include "patch.h"
#include "transition.h"