Re: [PATCH 1/2] MIPS: Disable preemption during prctl(PR_SET_FP_MODE, ...)

From	"Maciej W. Rozycki" <macro@imgtec.com>
Newsgroups	linux.kernel
Subject	Re: [PATCH 1/2] MIPS: Disable preemption during prctl(PR_SET_FP_MODE, ...)
Date	2016-04-22 18:10 +0200
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On Thu, 21 Apr 2016, Paul Burton wrote:

> Whilst a PR_SET_FP_MODE prctl is performed there are decisions made
> based upon whether the task is executing on the current CPU. This may
> change if we're preempted, so disable preemption to avoid such changes
> for the lifetime of the mode switch.

Reviewed-by: Maciej W. Rozycki <macro@imgtec.com>

 Thanks!

  Maciej

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[PATCH 1/2] MIPS: Disable preemption during prctl(PR_SET_FP_MODE, ...) Paul Burton <paul.burton@imgtec.com> - 2016-04-21 13:50 +0200
  Re: [PATCH 1/2] MIPS: Disable preemption during prctl(PR_SET_FP_MODE,  ...) "Maciej W. Rozycki" <macro@imgtec.com> - 2016-04-22 18:10 +0200

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