Re: [PATCH v3] livepatch: Cleanup module page permission changes

From: Josh Poimboeuf
Date: Thu Dec 03 2015 - 12:54:42 EST


On Thu, Dec 03, 2015 at 11:07:28AM -0600, Josh Poimboeuf wrote:
> Calling set_memory_rw() and set_memory_ro() for every iteration of the
> loop in klp_write_object_relocations() is messy, inefficient, and
> error-prone.
>
> Change all the read-only pages to read-write before the loop and convert
> them back to read-only again afterwards.
>
> Suggested-by: Miroslav Benes <mbenes@xxxxxxx>
> Signed-off-by: Josh Poimboeuf <jpoimboe@xxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
>
> Based on linux-next.
>
> - v3: use new module_{disable,enable}_ro() functions (in linux-next)

Please ignore this patch. I just realized that it conflicts with
Chris's patch set. I'll post v4 after Chris's gets merged.

--
Josh
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