Re: [PATCH 0/5] xen/livepatch: fixes for the pre-apply / post-revert hooks

[Roger Pau Monné <roger.pau@xxxxxxxxxx>]

On Fri, Feb 23, 2024 at 11:48:10AM +0100, Jan Beulich wrote:
> On 30.11.2023 15:29, Roger Pau Monne wrote:
> > Hello,
> > 
> > The follow series contain a misc of fixes mostly related to the usage of
> > the pre-apply / post-revert hooks.  The norevert test is also fixed to
> > work as I think was expected.  Finally both the no{apply,revert}
> > tests are fixed to build properly, as the files where previously
> > unhooked from the build system completely.
> > 
> > I'm unsure how useful the apply and revert hooks really are, as without
> > calling the internal apply/revert functions the state of the payload
> > structure is quite likely inconsistent with the code expectations.
> > 
> > Thanks, Roger.
> > 
> > Roger Pau Monne (5):
> >   xen/livepatch: register livepatch regions when loaded
> >   xen/livepatch: search for symbols in all loaded payloads
> >   xen/livepatch: fix norevert test attempt to open-code revert
> >   xen/livepatch: fix norevert test hook setup typo
> >   xen/livepatch: properly build the noapply and norevert tests
> 
> With the R-b-s that have arrived, could you clarify in how far these
> can be committed out of order?

All can be applied out of order, except for the last one, that's
"xen/livepatch: properly build the noapply and norevert tests" as
applying that will enable the tests in osstest, and those will fail
without all the previous adjustments.

I was about to send v2 with the requested changes, but will wait for
you to commit 2/5 and 4/5.

Thanks, Roger.