From 444f9e99a840c4050c0530cfef81801a21a59f4c Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Chris J Arges Date: Tue, 1 Dec 2015 20:40:56 -0600 Subject: livepatch: function,sympos scheme in livepatch sysfs directory The following directory structure will allow for cases when the same function name exists in a single object. /sys/kernel/livepatch/// The sympos number corresponds to the nth occurrence of the symbol name in kallsyms for the patched object. An example of patching multiple symbols can be found here: https://github.com/dynup/kpatch/issues/493 Signed-off-by: Chris J Arges Reviewed-by: Petr Mladek Acked-by: Josh Poimboeuf Signed-off-by: Jiri Kosina --- Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-kernel-livepatch | 6 +++++- 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) (limited to 'Documentation/ABI') diff --git a/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-kernel-livepatch b/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-kernel-livepatch index 5bf42a840b22..da87f43aec58 100644 --- a/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-kernel-livepatch +++ b/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-kernel-livepatch @@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ Description: The object directory contains subdirectories for each function that is patched within the object. -What: /sys/kernel/livepatch/// +What: /sys/kernel/livepatch/// Date: Nov 2014 KernelVersion: 3.19.0 Contact: live-patching@vger.kernel.org @@ -41,4 +41,8 @@ Description: The function directory contains attributes regarding the properties and state of the patched function. + The directory name contains the patched function name and a + sympos number corresponding to the nth occurrence of the symbol + name in kallsyms for the patched object. + There are currently no such attributes. -- cgit v1.2.3-70-g09d2