Re: [PATCH 1/3] livepatch: introduce shadow variable API

From: Miroslav Benes
Date: Mon Jun 19 2017 - 12:10:07 EST



> > +struct klp_shadow {
> > + struct hlist_node node;
> > + struct rcu_head rcu_head;
> > + void *obj;
> > + char *var;
> > + void *data;
>
> I would make the meaning more obvious. What about renaming?
>
> var -> key or id
> data -> shadow_obj or new_obj

But var is not a key to a hash table. obj is. Renaming obj to key would be
misleading in my opinion, because it IS a pointer to an object. And data
is ok too, as far as I'm concerned. Just saying.

But yes, I'd welcome a description too.

Miroslav