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| author | Daniel Baumann <daniel.baumann@progress-linux.org> | 2024-05-18 18:50:36 +0000 |
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| committer | Daniel Baumann <daniel.baumann@progress-linux.org> | 2024-05-18 18:50:36 +0000 |
| commit | 50ba0232fd5312410f1b65247e774244f89a628e (patch) | |
| tree | fd8f2fc78e9e548af0ff9590276602ee6125be00 /Documentation/livepatch/callbacks.rst | |
| parent | Releasing progress-linux version 6.7.12-1~progress7.99u1. (diff) | |
| download | linux-50ba0232fd5312410f1b65247e774244f89a628e.tar.xz linux-50ba0232fd5312410f1b65247e774244f89a628e.zip | |
Merging upstream version 6.8.9.
Signed-off-by: Daniel Baumann <daniel.baumann@progress-linux.org>
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diff --git a/Documentation/livepatch/callbacks.rst b/Documentation/livepatch/callbacks.rst index 470944aa86..914445784c 100644 --- a/Documentation/livepatch/callbacks.rst +++ b/Documentation/livepatch/callbacks.rst @@ -110,7 +110,7 @@ Global data update ------------------ A pre-patch callback can be useful to update a global variable. For -example, 75ff39ccc1bd ("tcp: make challenge acks less predictable") +example, commit 75ff39ccc1bd ("tcp: make challenge acks less predictable") changes a global sysctl, as well as patches the tcp_send_challenge_ack() function. @@ -126,7 +126,7 @@ Although __init and probe functions are not directly livepatch-able, it may be possible to implement similar updates via pre/post-patch callbacks. -The commit ``48900cb6af42 ("virtio-net: drop NETIF_F_FRAGLIST")`` change the way that +The commit 48900cb6af42 ("virtio-net: drop NETIF_F_FRAGLIST") change the way that virtnet_probe() initialized its driver's net_device features. A pre/post-patch callback could iterate over all such devices, making a similar change to their hw_features value. (Client functions of the |