livepatch: fix deferred module patching order
authorJosh Poimboeuf <jpoimboe@redhat.com>
Fri, 9 Jan 2015 20:03:04 +0000 (14:03 -0600)
committerJiri Kosina <jkosina@suse.cz>
Fri, 9 Jan 2015 21:27:47 +0000 (22:27 +0100)
commit99590ba565a22c9f58f7528a94881d0455eef018
tree5c0fc1368e6e6ea99b8bf644a706ed276c051808
parentb9dfe0bed999d23ee8838d389637dd8aef83fafa
livepatch: fix deferred module patching order

When applying multiple patches to a module, if the module is loaded
after the patches are loaded, the patches are applied in reverse order:

  $ insmod patch1.ko
  [   43.172992] livepatch: enabling patch 'patch1'

  $ insmod patch2.ko
  [   46.571563] livepatch: enabling patch 'patch2'

  $ modprobe nfsd
  [   52.888922] livepatch: applying patch 'patch2' to loading module 'nfsd'
  [   52.899847] livepatch: applying patch 'patch1' to loading module 'nfsd'

Fix the loading order by storing the klp_patches list in queue order.

Signed-off-by: Josh Poimboeuf <jpoimboe@redhat.com>
Signed-off-by: Jiri Kosina <jkosina@suse.cz>
kernel/livepatch/core.c
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