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Commit 4b750b57 authored by Steven Rostedt (VMware)'s avatar Steven Rostedt (VMware)
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livepatch: Trigger WARNING if livepatch function fails due to recursion



If for some reason a function is called that triggers the recursion
detection of live patching, trigger a warning. By not executing the live
patch code, it is possible that the old unpatched function will be called
placing the system into an unknown state.

Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20201029145709.GD16774@alley
Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20201106023547.312639435@goodmis.org

Cc: Masami Hiramatsu <mhiramat@kernel.org>
Cc: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Cc: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org>
Cc: Ingo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org>
Cc: Josh Poimboeuf <jpoimboe@redhat.com>
Cc: Jiri Kosina <jikos@kernel.org>
Cc: Joe Lawrence <joe.lawrence@redhat.com>
Cc: live-patching@vger.kernel.org
Suggested-by: default avatarMiroslav Benes <mbenes@suse.cz>
Reviewed-by: default avatarPetr Mladek <pmladek@suse.com>
Acked-by: default avatarMiroslav Benes <mbenes@suse.cz>
Signed-off-by: default avatarSteven Rostedt (VMware) <rostedt@goodmis.org>
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