| Subject | Re: [PATCH v3 04/15] livepatch/x86: add TIF_PATCH_PENDING thread flag | From | Kamalesh Babulal <> | Date | Wed, 11 Jan 2017 12:36:07 +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 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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