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SubjectRe: [PATCH 2/3] livepatch: send a fake signal to all blocking tasks
On Tue, 23 May 2017, Josh Poimboeuf wrote:

> On Thu, May 18, 2017 at 02:00:42PM +0200, Miroslav Benes wrote:
> > @@ -551,3 +551,43 @@ void klp_copy_process(struct task_struct *child)
> >
> > /* TIF_PATCH_PENDING gets copied in setup_thread_stack() */
> > }
> > +
> > +/*
> > + * Sends a fake signal to all non-kthread tasks with TIF_PATCH_PENDING set.
> > + * Kthreads with TIF_PATCH_PENDING set are woken up. Only admin can request this
> > + * action currently.
> > + */
> > +void klp_send_fake_signal(void)
> > +{
> > + struct task_struct *g, *task;
> > +
> > + pr_info("sending a fake signal and waking sleeping kthreads up\n");
>
> Maybe this should be pr_notice(), for consistency with our other
> printks.
>
> Also I wonder if the message can be made more meaningful to the user.
> The "fake" part of the signal and the "waking sleeping kthreads" bit
> could be too much information for the user, IMO. How about "signaling
> remaining tasks"? Just an idea.

Good one. I'll change it in v2.

Thanks,
Miroslav

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