| Message ID | 20170609160336.13351-1-ross.lagerwall@citrix.com (mailing list archive) |
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On 09/06/17 17:03, Ross Lagerwall wrote: > Ignore differences in discard sections. They are not included in the final xen > binary so there is no need to include them in the live patch. > > Signed-off-by: Ross Lagerwall <ross.lagerwall@citrix.com> Reviewed-by: Andrew Cooper <andrew.cooper3@citrix.com>
On Fri, Jun 09, 2017 at 05:03:35PM +0100, Ross Lagerwall wrote: > Ignore differences in discard sections. They are not included in the final xen > binary so there is no need to include them in the live patch. > > Signed-off-by: Ross Lagerwall <ross.lagerwall@citrix.com> Reviewed-by: Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk <konrad.wilk@oracle.com> (And CC-ing Sarah) > --- > create-diff-object.c | 8 ++++++++ > 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+) > > diff --git a/create-diff-object.c b/create-diff-object.c > index 217e58f..ba19daf 100644 > --- a/create-diff-object.c > +++ b/create-diff-object.c > @@ -888,6 +888,14 @@ static void kpatch_mark_ignored_sections(struct kpatch_elf *kelf) > struct rela *rela; > char *name; > > + /* Always ignore .discard sections */ > + sec = find_section_by_name(&kelf->sections, ".discard"); > + if (sec) { > + sec->ignore = 1; > + if (sec->twin) > + sec->twin->ignore = 1; > + } > + > sec = find_section_by_name(&kelf->sections, ".livepatch.ignore.sections"); > if (!sec) > return; > -- > 2.9.4 >
diff --git a/create-diff-object.c b/create-diff-object.c index 217e58f..ba19daf 100644 --- a/create-diff-object.c +++ b/create-diff-object.c @@ -888,6 +888,14 @@ static void kpatch_mark_ignored_sections(struct kpatch_elf *kelf) struct rela *rela; char *name; + /* Always ignore .discard sections */ + sec = find_section_by_name(&kelf->sections, ".discard"); + if (sec) { + sec->ignore = 1; + if (sec->twin) + sec->twin->ignore = 1; + } + sec = find_section_by_name(&kelf->sections, ".livepatch.ignore.sections"); if (!sec) return;
Ignore differences in discard sections. They are not included in the final xen binary so there is no need to include them in the live patch. Signed-off-by: Ross Lagerwall <ross.lagerwall@citrix.com> --- create-diff-object.c | 8 ++++++++ 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+)