Re: [PATCH v3 4/7] livepatch: Deprecate stack_order

[Joe Lawrence <joe.lawrence@redhat.com>]

On Thu, Jun 11, 2026 at 11:21:09AM +0800, Yafang Shao wrote:
> On Wed, Jun 10, 2026 at 11:11 PM Petr Mladek <pmladek@suse.com> wrote:
> >
> > On Sun 2026-06-07 21:16:56, Yafang Shao wrote:
> > > stack_order is no longer needed for atomic-replace livepatches, as a
> > > single function can only be modified by a unique replace_set.
> > > To maintain backward compatibility, print a dummy value, as suggested by
> > > sashiko-bot.
> >
> > I would personally remove it completely. I believe that there are
> > only few users around the world. And they will need to update
> > the tooling/strategy for the new "replace_set" anyway.
> 
> I will remove it completely in the next version.
> 

The kpatch-utility uses it (thanks for adding zhangwarden@gmail.com to
CC), but as I understand this patchset should effectively eliminate the
need for it (as per Wardenjohn's original use-case).  So I'd be in favor
of removing it from sysfs as Petr suggested.

--
Joe