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From: Seth Jennings <sjenning@redhat.com>
To: Josh Poimboeuf <jpoimboe@redhat.com>,
	Seth Jennings <sjenning@redhat.com>,
	Jiri Kosina <jkosina@suse.cz>, Vojtech Pavlik <vojtech@suse.cz>,
	Steven Rostedt <rostedt@goodmis.org>,
	Petr Mladek <pmladek@suse.cz>, Miroslav Benes <mbenes@suse.cz>
Cc: Christoph Hellwig <hch@infradead.org>,
	Greg KH <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>,
	Andy Lutomirski <luto@amacapital.net>,
	Masami Hiramatsu <masami.hiramatsu.pt@hitachi.com>,
	live-patching@vger.kernel.org, x86@kernel.org, kpatch@redhat.com,
	linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCHv2 3/3] kernel: add sysfs documentation for live patching
Date: Sun, 16 Nov 2014 19:29:24 -0600	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <1416187764-3341-4-git-send-email-sjenning@redhat.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <1416187764-3341-1-git-send-email-sjenning@redhat.com>

Adds sysfs interface documentation to Documentation/ABI/testing/

Signed-off-by: Seth Jennings <sjenning@redhat.com>
---
 Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-kernel-livepatch | 44 ++++++++++++++++++++++++
 MAINTAINERS                                      |  1 +
 2 files changed, 45 insertions(+)
 create mode 100644 Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-kernel-livepatch

diff --git a/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-kernel-livepatch b/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-kernel-livepatch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..5bf42a8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-kernel-livepatch
@@ -0,0 +1,44 @@
+What:		/sys/kernel/livepatch
+Date:		Nov 2014
+KernelVersion:	3.19.0
+Contact:	live-patching@vger.kernel.org
+Description:
+		Interface for kernel live patching
+
+		The /sys/kernel/livepatch directory contains subdirectories for
+		each loaded live patch module.
+
+What:		/sys/kernel/livepatch/<patch>
+Date:		Nov 2014
+KernelVersion:	3.19.0
+Contact:	live-patching@vger.kernel.org
+Description:
+		The patch directory contains subdirectories for each kernel
+		object (vmlinux or a module) in which it patched functions.
+
+What:		/sys/kernel/livepatch/<patch>/enabled
+Date:		Nov 2014
+KernelVersion:	3.19.0
+Contact:	live-patching@vger.kernel.org
+Description:
+		A writable attribute that indicates whether the patched
+		code is currently applied.  Writing 0 will disable the patch
+		while writing 1 will re-enable the patch.
+
+What:		/sys/kernel/livepatch/<patch>/<object>
+Date:		Nov 2014
+KernelVersion:	3.19.0
+Contact:	live-patching@vger.kernel.org
+Description:
+		The object directory contains subdirectories for each function
+		that is patched within the object.
+
+What:		/sys/kernel/livepatch/<patch>/<object>/<function>
+Date:		Nov 2014
+KernelVersion:	3.19.0
+Contact:	live-patching@vger.kernel.org
+Description:
+		The function directory contains attributes regarding the
+		properties and state of the patched function.
+
+		There are currently no such attributes.
diff --git a/MAINTAINERS b/MAINTAINERS
index c7f49ae..7985293 100644
--- a/MAINTAINERS
+++ b/MAINTAINERS
@@ -5725,6 +5725,7 @@ F:	kernel/livepatch/
 F:	include/linux/livepatch.h
 F:	arch/x86/include/asm/livepatch.h
 F:	arch/x86/kernel/livepatch.c
+F:	Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-kernel-livepatch
 L:	live-patching@vger.kernel.org
 
 LLC (802.2)
-- 
1.9.3


  parent reply	other threads:[~2014-11-17  1:31 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 26+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2014-11-17  1:29 [PATCHv2 0/3] Kernel Live Patching Seth Jennings
2014-11-17  1:29 ` [PATCHv2 1/3] kernel: add TAINT_LIVEPATCH Seth Jennings
2014-11-17  1:29 ` [PATCHv2 2/3] kernel: add support for live patching Seth Jennings
2014-11-17 18:45   ` Greg KH
2014-11-17 19:13     ` Seth Jennings
2014-11-18 14:11   ` Miroslav Benes
2014-11-18 14:26     ` Seth Jennings
2014-11-18 14:45   ` Miroslav Benes
2014-11-19 20:34     ` Seth Jennings
2014-11-20 13:22       ` Miroslav Benes
2014-11-19 15:27   ` Miroslav Benes
2014-11-19 16:05     ` Seth Jennings
2014-11-20 13:10   ` Miroslav Benes
2014-11-20 17:35     ` Josh Poimboeuf
2014-11-20 19:56       ` Seth Jennings
2014-11-21 14:41         ` Miroslav Benes
2014-11-21 14:38       ` Miroslav Benes
2014-11-20 15:19   ` Josh Poimboeuf
2014-11-20 16:48     ` Seth Jennings
2014-11-17  1:29 ` Seth Jennings [this message]
2014-11-17 18:50   ` [PATCHv2 3/3] kernel: add sysfs documentation " Greg KH
2014-11-17  5:33 ` [PATCHv2 0/3] Kernel Live Patching Masami Hiramatsu
2014-11-17 13:16   ` Steven Rostedt
2014-11-17 14:54   ` Seth Jennings
2014-11-18 14:23     ` Jiri Slaby
2014-11-18 14:42       ` Seth Jennings

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