Re: [PATCH v3 2/4] livepatch: introduce --force option

[Anthony PERARD <anthony.perard@xxxxxxxxx>]

On Tue, Apr 23, 2024 at 03:12:47PM +0200, Roger Pau Monne wrote:
> Introduce a xen-livepatch tool --force option, that's propagated into the
> hyerpvisor for livepatch operations.  The intention is for the option to be
> used to bypass some checks that would otherwise prevent the patch from being
> loaded.
> 
> Re purpose the pad field in xen_sysctl_livepatch_op to be a flags field that
> applies to all livepatch operations.  The flag is currently only set by the
> hypercall wrappers for the XEN_SYSCTL_LIVEPATCH_UPLOAD operation, as that's so
> far the only one where it will be used initially.  Other uses can be added as
> required.
> 
> Note that helpers would set the .pad field to 0, that's been removed since the
> structure is already zero initialized at definition.
> 
> No functional usages of the new flag introduced in this patch.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Roger Pau Monné <roger.pau@xxxxxxxxxx>

For the tools:
Acked-by: Anthony PERARD <anthony.perard@xxxxxxxxxx>

Thanks,

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Anthony PERARD