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SubjectRe: [PATCH v2 4/6] powerpc: use common ptrace_syscall_enter hook to handle _TIF_SYSCALL_EMU
On 03/18, Sudeep Holla wrote:
>
> On Mon, Mar 18, 2019 at 06:20:24PM +0100, Oleg Nesterov wrote:
> >
> > Again, to me this patch just makes the code look worse. Honestly, I don't
> > think that the new (badly named) ptrace_syscall_enter() hook makes any sense.
> >
>
> Worse because we end up reading current_thread_info->flags twice ?

Mostly because in my opinion ptrace_syscall_enter() buys nothing but makes
the caller's code less readable/understandable.

Sure, this is subjective.

Oleg.

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