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Subject: Re: [RFC PATCH v1.9 13/14] livepatch: add /proc/<pid>/patch_status
To: Josh Poimboeuf <jpoimboe@redhat.com>, Jiri Kosina <jikos@kernel.org>,
        Jessica Yu <jeyu@redhat.com>, Miroslav Benes <mbenes@suse.cz>
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        Vojtech Pavlik <vojtech@suse.com>
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On 03/25/2016, 08:35 PM, Josh Poimboeuf wrote:
> Expose the per-task klp_universe value so users can determine which
> tasks are holding up completion of a patching operation.
> 
> Call it "patch_status" rather than "universe": it's at least more
> descriptive for the average user.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Josh Poimboeuf <jpoimboe@redhat.com>
> ---
>  fs/proc/base.c | 12 ++++++++++++
>  1 file changed, 12 insertions(+)
> 
> diff --git a/fs/proc/base.c b/fs/proc/base.c
> index b1755b2..f90998b 100644
> --- a/fs/proc/base.c
> +++ b/fs/proc/base.c
> @@ -2801,6 +2801,15 @@ static int proc_pid_personality(struct seq_file *m, struct pid_namespace *ns,
>  	return err;
>  }
>  
> +#ifdef CONFIG_LIVEPATCH
> +static int proc_pid_patch_status(struct seq_file *m, struct pid_namespace *ns,
> +				 struct pid *pid, struct task_struct *task)
> +{
> +	seq_printf(m, "%d\n", task->klp_universe);
> +	return 0;
> +}
> +#endif /* CONFIG_LIVEPATCH */
> +
>  /*
>   * Thread groups
>   */
> @@ -2900,6 +2909,9 @@ static const struct pid_entry tgid_base_stuff[] = {
>  	REG("timers",	  S_IRUGO, proc_timers_operations),
>  #endif
>  	REG("timerslack_ns", S_IRUGO|S_IWUGO, proc_pid_set_timerslack_ns_operations),
> +#ifdef CONFIG_LIVEPATCH
> +	ONE("patch_status",  S_IRUSR, proc_pid_patch_status),
> +#endif

I think we want to know the state about all tasks, not only group
leaders. This should go to tid_base_stuff.

thanks,
-- 
js
suse labs