Re: [PATCH v4 2/2] livepatch: Add using attribute to klp_func for using function show

[Josh Poimboeuf <jpoimboe@kernel.org>]

On Thu, Sep 05, 2024 at 12:23:20PM +0200, Miroslav Benes wrote:
> I am not a fan. Josh wrote most of my objections already so I will not 
> repeat them. I understand that the attribute might be useful but the 
> amount of code it adds to sensitive functions like 
> klp_complete_transition() is no fun.
> 
> Would it be possible to just use klp_transition_patch and implement the 
> logic just in using_show()?

Yes, containing the logic to the sysfs file sounds a lot better.

> I have not thought through it completely but 
> klp_transition_patch is also an indicator that there is a transition going 
> on. It is set to NULL only after all func->transition are false. So if you 
> check that, you can assign -1 in using_show() immediately and then just 
> look at the top of func_stack.

sysfs already has per-patch 'transition' and 'enabled' files so I don't
like duplicating that information.

The only thing missing is the patch stack order.  How about a simple
per-patch file which indicates that?

  /sys/kernel/livepatch/<patchA>/order => 1
  /sys/kernel/livepatch/<patchB>/order => 2

The implementation should be trivial with the use of
klp_for_each_patch() to count the patches.

-- 
Josh