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diff --git a/Documentation/livepatch/livepatch.rst b/Documentation/livepatch/livepatch.rst index c2c598c4ead8..acb90164929e 100644 --- a/Documentation/livepatch/livepatch.rst +++ b/Documentation/livepatch/livepatch.rst @@ -6,20 +6,7 @@ This document outlines basic information about kernel livepatching. .. Table of Contents: - 1. Motivation - 2. Kprobes, Ftrace, Livepatching - 3. Consistency model - 4. Livepatch module - 4.1. New functions - 4.2. Metadata - 5. Livepatch life-cycle - 5.1. Loading - 5.2. Enabling - 5.3. Replacing - 5.4. Disabling - 5.5. Removing - 6. Sysfs - 7. Limitations +.. contents:: :local: 1. Motivation @@ -63,7 +50,7 @@ some limitations, see below. 3. Consistency model ==================== -Functions are there for a reason. They take some input parameters, get or +Functions are there for a reason. They take some input parameters, acquire or release locks, read, process, and even write some data in a defined way, have return values. In other words, each function has a defined semantic. |