Messages in this thread | | | Date | Tue, 12 Apr 2016 10:58:59 +0800 | From | Simon Guo <> | Subject | Re: [RESEND][PATCH v2] powerpc: Export thread_struct.used_vr/used_vsr to user space |
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Hi Michael, On Wed, Apr 06, 2016 at 03:00:12PM +0800, Simon Guo wrote: > These 2 fields track whether user process has used Altivec/VSX > registers or not. They are used by kernel to setup signal frame > on user stack correctly regarding vector part. > > CRIU(Checkpoint and Restore In User space) builds signal frame > for restored process. It will need this export information to > setup signal frame correctly. And CRIU will need to restore these > 2 fields for the restored process. > > Signed-off-by: Simon Guo <wei.guo.simon@gmail.com> > Reviewed-by: Laurent Dufour <ldufour@linux.vnet.ibm.com> > ---
Is there any chance that this patch can be merged upstream soon? The corresponding work of CRIU has to follow after that.
Thanks, Simon
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