blksnap only support x86?

[dinghuaming]

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Does blksnap only support x86?
It can support arm ?

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[Fantu]

Blksnap for upstream can support arm and other architectures, in theory all the architectures supported by Linux, but in practice only some have been tested at the moment.
For more information look at https://github.com/veeam/blksnap/blob/master/doc/README-upstream-kernel.md
Patches for upstream integration after a big work of @SergeiShtepa and the review and help of some expert kernel developers, mainly Christoph Hellwig, now seem good enough to be accepted upstream.

[SergeiShtepa]

Hi! Thanks for the question!

Theoretically, the out-of-tree module version should be compatible with all 64-bit and 32-bit architectures for which the ftracing mechanism is implemented and enabled in the kernel (See #83).
The problem with testing. QA team from Veeam Software only tests amd64/i386. Therefore, there are no guarantees.

If you have time to test and you identify any problems, then be sure to write to me. I will be happy to make corrections.

I tested the in-tree version blksnap on arm64le and ppc64le architectures. This should work on other architectures as well.

[dinghuaming]

@Fantu @Fantu thanks for your reply.
In my enviroment, the arch is arm(aarch64). It doesn't support livepatch. But my customer os is arm(aarch64), so I need a solution for arm.
I have created a pull for this question. Please see: #86.