Re: [PATCH 1/3] modules: split part of complete_formation() into prepare_coming_module()

From	Josh Poimboeuf <jpoimboe@redhat.com>
Newsgroups	linux.kernel
Subject	Re: [PATCH 1/3] modules: split part of complete_formation() into prepare_coming_module()
Date	2016-03-10 23:50 +0100
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On Wed, Mar 09, 2016 at 05:13:55PM -0500, Jessica Yu wrote:
> Put all actions in complete_formation() that are performed after
> module->state is set to MODULE_STATE_COMING into a separate function
> prepare_coming_module(). This split prepares for the removal of the
> livepatch module notifiers in favor of hard-coding function calls to
> klp_module_{coming,going} in the module loader.
> 
> The complete_formation -> prepare_coming_module split will also make error
> handling easier since we can jump to the appropriate error label to do any
> module GOING cleanup after all the COMING-actions have completed.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Jessica Yu <jeyu@redhat.com>

Reviewed-by: Josh Poimboeuf <jpoimboe@redhat.com>


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Josh

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[PATCH 1/3] modules: split part of complete_formation() into prepare_coming_module() Jessica Yu <jeyu@redhat.com> - 2016-03-09 23:20 +0100
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