Re: [PATCH v3 2/2] livepatch: force transition process to finish

Pavel Machek
2017-11-09T11:14:28Z

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On Mon 2017-11-06 13:03:32, Jiri Kosina wrote:
> On Mon, 6 Nov 2017, Pavel Machek wrote:
>
> > NAK. Admin does not have chance to decide if this is safe or not.
>
> The process that is actually being suggested here (and towards which the
> implementation is heading) is that in case of the convergence being stuck
> for unknown reason, the admin of the system collects all the necessary
> data (namely stacktraces of the relevant tasks), and requests a clearance
> from the livepatch distributor to force the transition.
>
> But I agree with you that this might not be completely clear from the
> documentation, and should be made more explicit.

Yes, please.
Pavel
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