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Diffstat (limited to 'kernel/livepatch/core.c')
| -rw-r--r-- | kernel/livepatch/core.c | 9 |
1 files changed, 6 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/kernel/livepatch/core.c b/kernel/livepatch/core.c index 0cd39954d5a1..4a0fb7978d0d 100644 --- a/kernel/livepatch/core.c +++ b/kernel/livepatch/core.c @@ -601,9 +601,12 @@ static int klp_add_object_nops(struct klp_patch *patch, } /* - * Add 'nop' functions which simply return to the caller to run - * the original function. The 'nop' functions are added to a - * patch to facilitate a 'replace' mode. + * Add 'nop' functions which simply return to the caller to run the + * original function. + * + * They are added only when the atomic replace mode is used and only for + * functions which are currently livepatched but are no longer included + * in the new livepatch. */ static int klp_add_nops(struct klp_patch *patch) { |