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From: Jens Axboe <axboe@kernel.dk>
To: Miroslav Benes <mbenes@suse.cz>, Joe Lawrence <joe.lawrence@redhat.com>
Cc: Dong Kai <dongkai11@huawei.com>,
	jpoimboe@redhat.com, jikos@kernel.org, pmladek@suse.com,
	live-patching@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] livepatch: klp_send_signal should treat PF_IO_WORKER like PF_KTHREAD
Date: Thu, 25 Mar 2021 10:30:37 -0600	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <f4969563-23fa-cb49-8243-d600f1bf0b23@kernel.dk> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <alpine.LSU.2.21.2103251026180.30447@pobox.suse.cz>

On 3/25/21 3:30 AM, Miroslav Benes wrote:
>> (PF_KTHREAD | PF_IO_WORKER) is open coded in soo many places maybe this is a
>> silly question, but...
>>
>> If the livepatch code could use fake_signal_wake_up(), we could consolidate
>> the pattern in klp_send_signals() with the one in freeze_task().  Then there
>> would only one place for wake up / fake signal logic.
>>
>> I don't fully understand the differences in the freeze_task() version, so I
>> only pose this as a question and not v2 request.
> 
> The plan was to remove our live patching fake signal completely and use 
> the new infrastructure Jens proposed in the past.

That would be great, I've actually been waiting for that to show up!
I would greatly prefer this approach if you deem it suitable for 5.12,
if not we'll still need the temporary work-around for live patching.

-- 
Jens Axboe


  reply	other threads:[~2021-03-25 16:31 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 9+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2021-03-25  1:48 [PATCH] livepatch: klp_send_signal should treat PF_IO_WORKER like PF_KTHREAD Dong Kai
2021-03-25  2:51 ` Joe Lawrence
2021-03-25  9:30   ` Miroslav Benes
2021-03-25 16:30     ` Jens Axboe [this message]
2021-03-26  8:39       ` Miroslav Benes
2021-03-25  9:26 ` Miroslav Benes
2021-03-25 16:43   ` Joe Lawrence
2021-03-26  6:31   ` dongkai (H)
2021-03-25 16:29 ` Jens Axboe

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