| Date | Wed, 21 Dec 2016 14:54:19 +0100 (CET) | From | Miroslav Benes <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH v3 04/15] livepatch/x86: add TIF_PATCH_PENDING thread flag |
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On Thu, 8 Dec 2016, 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: Miroslav Benes <mbenes@suse.cz>
Miroslav
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