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author | Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org> | 2017-05-02 18:24:16 -0700 |
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committer | Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org> | 2017-05-02 18:24:16 -0700 |
commit | 76f1948a79b26d5f57a5ee9941876b745c6baaea (patch) | |
tree | a2c42578e31acabc61db2115d91e467cea439cd7 /Documentation/filesystems | |
parent | 7af4c727c7b6104f94f2ffc3d0899e75a9cc1e55 (diff) | |
parent | a0841609f658c77f066af9c61a2e13143564fcb4 (diff) | |
download | linux-76f1948a79b26d5f57a5ee9941876b745c6baaea.tar.bz2 |
Merge branch 'for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/jikos/livepatching
Pull livepatch updates from Jiri Kosina:
- a per-task consistency model is being added for architectures that
support reliable stack dumping (extending this, currently rather
trivial set, is currently in the works).
This extends the nature of the types of patches that can be applied
by live patching infrastructure. The code stems from the design
proposal made [1] back in November 2014. It's a hybrid of SUSE's
kGraft and RH's kpatch, combining advantages of both: it uses
kGraft's per-task consistency and syscall barrier switching combined
with kpatch's stack trace switching. There are also a number of
fallback options which make it quite flexible.
Most of the heavy lifting done by Josh Poimboeuf with help from
Miroslav Benes and Petr Mladek
[1] https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20141107140458.GA21774@suse.cz
- module load time patch optimization from Zhou Chengming
- a few assorted small fixes
* 'for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/jikos/livepatching:
livepatch: add missing printk newlines
livepatch: Cancel transition a safe way for immediate patches
livepatch: Reduce the time of finding module symbols
livepatch: make klp_mutex proper part of API
livepatch: allow removal of a disabled patch
livepatch: add /proc/<pid>/patch_state
livepatch: change to a per-task consistency model
livepatch: store function sizes
livepatch: use kstrtobool() in enabled_store()
livepatch: move patching functions into patch.c
livepatch: remove unnecessary object loaded check
livepatch: separate enabled and patched states
livepatch/s390: add TIF_PATCH_PENDING thread flag
livepatch/s390: reorganize TIF thread flag bits
livepatch/powerpc: add TIF_PATCH_PENDING thread flag
livepatch/x86: add TIF_PATCH_PENDING thread flag
livepatch: create temporary klp_update_patch_state() stub
x86/entry: define _TIF_ALLWORK_MASK flags explicitly
stacktrace/x86: add function for detecting reliable stack traces
Diffstat (limited to 'Documentation/filesystems')
-rw-r--r-- | Documentation/filesystems/proc.txt | 18 |
1 files changed, 18 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/filesystems/proc.txt b/Documentation/filesystems/proc.txt index c94b4675d021..9036dbf16156 100644 --- a/Documentation/filesystems/proc.txt +++ b/Documentation/filesystems/proc.txt @@ -44,6 +44,7 @@ Table of Contents 3.8 /proc/<pid>/fdinfo/<fd> - Information about opened file 3.9 /proc/<pid>/map_files - Information about memory mapped files 3.10 /proc/<pid>/timerslack_ns - Task timerslack value + 3.11 /proc/<pid>/patch_state - Livepatch patch operation state 4 Configuring procfs 4.1 Mount options @@ -1887,6 +1888,23 @@ Valid values are from 0 - ULLONG_MAX An application setting the value must have PTRACE_MODE_ATTACH_FSCREDS level permissions on the task specified to change its timerslack_ns value. +3.11 /proc/<pid>/patch_state - Livepatch patch operation state +----------------------------------------------------------------- +When CONFIG_LIVEPATCH is enabled, this file displays the value of the +patch state for the task. + +A value of '-1' indicates that no patch is in transition. + +A value of '0' indicates that a patch is in transition and the task is +unpatched. If the patch is being enabled, then the task hasn't been +patched yet. If the patch is being disabled, then the task has already +been unpatched. + +A value of '1' indicates that a patch is in transition and the task is +patched. If the patch is being enabled, then the task has already been +patched. If the patch is being disabled, then the task hasn't been +unpatched yet. + ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Configuring procfs |