livepatch: introduce shadow variable API

Add exported API for livepatch modules:

  klp_shadow_get()
  klp_shadow_alloc()
  klp_shadow_get_or_alloc()
  klp_shadow_free()
  klp_shadow_free_all()

that implement "shadow" variables, which allow callers to associate new
shadow fields to existing data structures.  This is intended to be used
by livepatch modules seeking to emulate additions to data structure
definitions.

See Documentation/livepatch/shadow-vars.txt for a summary of the new
shadow variable API, including a few common use cases.

See samples/livepatch/livepatch-shadow-* for example modules that
demonstrate shadow variables.

[jkosina@suse.cz: fix __klp_shadow_get_or_alloc() comment as spotted by
 Josh]
Signed-off-by: Joe Lawrence <joe.lawrence@redhat.com>
Acked-by: Josh Poimboeuf <jpoimboe@redhat.com>
Acked-by: Miroslav Benes <mbenes@suse.cz>
Signed-off-by: Jiri Kosina <jkosina@suse.cz>

1 files changed, 2 insertions, 3 deletions

diff --git a/samples/Kconfig b/samples/Kconfig
index 9cb63188d3ef..c332a3b9de05 100644
--- a/samples/Kconfig
+++ b/samples/Kconfig
@@ -71,11 +71,10 @@ config SAMPLE_RPMSG_CLIENT
           the rpmsg bus.
 
 config SAMPLE_LIVEPATCH
-        tristate "Build live patching sample -- loadable modules only"
+        tristate "Build live patching samples -- loadable modules only"
         depends on LIVEPATCH && m
         help
-          Builds a sample live patch that replaces the procfs handler
-          for /proc/cmdline to print "this has been live patched".
+          Build sample live patch demonstrations.
 
 config SAMPLE_CONFIGFS
         tristate "Build configfs patching sample -- loadable modules only"