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Re: [PATCH livepatch-build-tools v2] Treat constant sections as string sections


  • To: Frediano Ziglio <freddy77@xxxxxxxxx>
  • From: Roger Pau Monné <roger.pau@xxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Wed, 11 Feb 2026 17:38:24 +0100
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  • Cc: xen-devel <xen-devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, Frediano Ziglio <frediano.ziglio@xxxxxxxxxx>, Ross Lagerwall <ross.lagerwall@xxxxxxxxxx>, Andrew Cooper <andrew.cooper3@xxxxxxxxxx>, Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk <konrad.wilk@xxxxxxxxxx>
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On Wed, Feb 11, 2026 at 10:50:21AM +0000, Frediano Ziglio wrote:
> On Tue, 13 Jan 2026 at 11:54, Frediano Ziglio <freddy77@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >
> > On Tue, 18 Nov 2025 at 10:44, Frediano Ziglio <freddy77@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > >
> > > > > Newer compiler can put some constant strings inside constant
> > > > > sections (.rodata.cstXX) instead of string sections (.rodata.str1.XX).
> > > > > This causes the produced live patch to not apply when such
> > > > > strings are produced.
> > > > > So treat the constant sections as string ones.
> > > > >
> > > > > Signed-off-by: Frediano Ziglio <frediano.ziglio@xxxxxxxxxx>
> > > >
> > > > Reviewed-by: Ross Lagerwall <ross.lagerwall@xxxxxxxxxx>
> > > >
> > > > Thanks,
> > > > Ross
> > >
> > > Hi,
> > >   any update on this change? Could it be merged?
> > >
> >
> > Any update?
> >
> 
> This is the third time I ping this patch.
> Can somebody at least give me a reason why this is still pending?

I've pushed this, but I'm not a maintainer of
livepatch-build-tools.git.  I was expecting Ross to push the change,
but maybe he is not able to push to xenbits?

I don't mind picking those up, but I wasn't aware I should be on the
hook for them.

Thanks, Roger.



 


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