Re: [PATCH v2 for 4.7] xen: Rename of xSplice to livepatch.

[Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk <konrad.wilk@oracle.com>]

On Thu, Jun 02, 2016 at 03:58:37PM +0100, Andrew Cooper wrote:
> On 02/06/16 15:50, Jan Beulich wrote:
> >
> >> --- a/xen/arch/arm/xsplice.c
> >> +++ b/xen/arch/arm/livepatch.c
> >> @@ -4,67 +4,67 @@
> >>  #include <xen/errno.h>
> >>  #include <xen/init.h>
> >>  #include <xen/lib.h>
> >> -#include <xen/xsplice_elf.h>
> >> -#include <xen/xsplice.h>
> >> +#include <xen/livepatch_elf.h>
> >> +#include <xen/livepatch.h>
> >>  
> >> -void arch_xsplice_patching_enter(void)
> >> +void arch_livepatching_enter(void)
> > Still "patching"?
> 
> This function came from one of my additions to the series.  It half of a
> pair of calls around the critical region which is writing new code/data,
> where CR0.WP needs tweaking.
> 
> As such, 'patching' was logically distinct from the name 'livepatch' as
> the general namespace of these functions, and referred to the critical
> region of actually changing live memory.
> 
> I am at a loss to suggest a better alternative.

 arch_quiescing_start and arch_quiescing_stop ?

> 
> ~Andrew

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