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SubjectRe: [PATCHv2 2/3] kernel: add support for live patching
On Thu, Nov 20, 2014 at 09:19:54AM -0600, Josh Poimboeuf wrote:
> On Sun, Nov 16, 2014 at 07:29:23PM -0600, Seth Jennings wrote:
> > +static int lpc_module_notify(struct notifier_block *nb, unsigned long action,
> > + void *data)
> > +{
> > + struct module *mod = data;
> > + struct lpc_patch *patch;
> > + struct lpc_object *obj;
> > +
> > + mutex_lock(&lpc_mutex);
> > +
> > + if (action != MODULE_STATE_COMING && action != MODULE_STATE_GOING)
> > + goto out;
>
> I think we can get the mutex here instead of above so it doesn't block
> other module actions (and then you can also get rid of the "out" label).

Sure.

Thanks,
Seth

>
> > +
> > + list_for_each_entry(patch, &lpc_patches, list) {
> > + if (patch->state == LPC_DISABLED)
> > + continue;
> > + list_for_each_entry(obj, &patch->objs, list) {
> > + if (strcmp(obj->name, mod->name))
> > + continue;
> > + if (action == MODULE_STATE_COMING) {
> > + obj->mod = mod;
> > + lpc_module_notify_coming(patch->mod, obj);
> > + } else /* MODULE_STATE_GOING */
> > + lpc_module_notify_going(patch->mod, obj);
> > + break;
> > + }
> > + }
> > +out:
> > + mutex_unlock(&lpc_mutex);
> > + return 0;
> > +}
>
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> Josh
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