On Fri, 11 Aug 2017, Josh Poimboeuf wrote:

> On Thu, Aug 10, 2017 at 12:48:12PM +0200, Miroslav Benes wrote:
> > Now there is a sysfs attribute called "force", which provides two
> > functionalities, "signal" and "force" (previously "unmark"). I haven't
> > managed to come up with better names. Proposals are welcome. On the
> > other hand I do not mind it much.
> 
> Now "force" has two meanings, which is a little confusing.  What do you
> think about just having two separate write-only sysfs flags?
> 
>   echo 1 > /sys/kernel/livepatch/signal
>   echo 1 > /sys/kernel/livepatch/force
> 
> That way there's no ambiguity.

Sure, why not. Moreover it would simplify things (no need for dummy 1/3 
patch and its code).

Thanks,
Miroslav

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