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| Started by | Kamalesh Babulal <kamalesh@linux.vnet.ibm.com> |
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| First post | 2017-01-11 08:10 +0100 |
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Re: [PATCH v3 04/15] livepatch/x86: add TIF_PATCH_PENDING thread flag Kamalesh Babulal <kamalesh@linux.vnet.ibm.com> - 2017-01-11 08:10 +0100
| From | Kamalesh Babulal <kamalesh@linux.vnet.ibm.com> |
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| Date | 2017-01-11 08:10 +0100 |
| Subject | Re: [PATCH v3 04/15] livepatch/x86: add TIF_PATCH_PENDING thread flag |
| Message-ID | <sYlcJ-3Oz-9@gated-at.bofh.it> |
On Thursday 08 December 2016 11:38 PM, Josh Poimboeuf wrote: > Add the TIF_PATCH_PENDING thread flag to enable the new livepatch > per-task consistency model for x86_64. The bit getting set indicates > the thread has a pending patch which needs to be applied when the thread > exits the kernel. > > The bit is placed in the _TIF_ALLWORK_MASK macro, which results in > exit_to_usermode_loop() calling klp_update_patch_state() when it's set. > > Signed-off-by: Josh Poimboeuf <jpoimboe@redhat.com> Reviewed-by: Kamalesh Babulal <kamalesh@linux.vnet.ibm.com> -- cheers, Kamalesh.
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