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SubjectRe: [PATCH v2 0/3] livepatch: Introduce force sysfs attribute
On Thu, Aug 10, 2017 at 12:48:12PM +0200, Miroslav Benes wrote:
> Now there is a sysfs attribute called "force", which provides two
> functionalities, "signal" and "force" (previously "unmark"). I haven't
> managed to come up with better names. Proposals are welcome. On the
> other hand I do not mind it much.

Now "force" has two meanings, which is a little confusing. What do you
think about just having two separate write-only sysfs flags?

echo 1 > /sys/kernel/livepatch/signal
echo 1 > /sys/kernel/livepatch/force

That way there's no ambiguity.

--
Josh

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