Messages in this thread |  | | Date | Mon, 14 Aug 2017 10:49:55 +0200 (CEST) | From | Miroslav Benes <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH v2 0/3] livepatch: Introduce force sysfs attribute |
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On Fri, 11 Aug 2017, Josh Poimboeuf wrote:
> 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.
Sure, why not. Moreover it would simplify things (no need for dummy 1/3 patch and its code).
Thanks, Miroslav
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