| Subject | Re: [PATCH v3 05/15] livepatch/powerpc: add TIF_PATCH_PENDING thread flag | From | Kamalesh Babulal <> | Date | Tue, 10 Jan 2017 13:59:34 +0530 |
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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 powerpc. 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 included in the _TIF_USER_WORK_MASK macro so that > do_notify_resume() and klp_update_patch_state() get called when the bit > is set. > > Signed-off-by: Josh Poimboeuf <jpoimboe@redhat.com>
Reviewed-by: Kamalesh Babulal <kamalesh@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
-- cheers, Kamalesh.
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