From: Petr Mladek <pmladek@suse.com>
To: Josh Poimboeuf <jpoimboe@redhat.com>
Cc: Jessica Yu <jeyu@redhat.com>, Jiri Kosina <jikos@kernel.org>,
Miroslav Benes <mbenes@suse.cz>,
linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, live-patching@vger.kernel.org,
Michael Ellerman <mpe@ellerman.id.au>,
Heiko Carstens <heiko.carstens@de.ibm.com>,
x86@kernel.org, linuxppc-dev@lists.ozlabs.org,
linux-s390@vger.kernel.org, Vojtech Pavlik <vojtech@suse.com>,
Jiri Slaby <jslaby@suse.cz>,
Chris J Arges <chris.j.arges@canonical.com>,
Andy Lutomirski <luto@kernel.org>, Ingo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org>,
Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v3 02/15] x86/entry: define _TIF_ALLWORK_MASK flags explicitly
Date: Fri, 16 Dec 2016 15:17:35 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20161216141735.GD393@pathway.suse.cz> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <b03212d03f5f112ffa778c30012c7f8301f64929.1481220077.git.jpoimboe@redhat.com>
On Thu 2016-12-08 12:08:27, Josh Poimboeuf wrote:
> The _TIF_ALLWORK_MASK macro automatically includes the least-significant
> 16 bits of the thread_info flags, which is less than obvious and tends
> to create confusion and surprises when reading or modifying the code.
>
> Define the flags explicitly.
>
> Signed-off-by: Josh Poimboeuf <jpoimboe@redhat.com>
> ---
> arch/x86/include/asm/thread_info.h | 9 ++++-----
> 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/arch/x86/include/asm/thread_info.h b/arch/x86/include/asm/thread_info.h
> index ad6f5eb0..1fe6043 100644
> --- a/arch/x86/include/asm/thread_info.h
> +++ b/arch/x86/include/asm/thread_info.h
> @@ -73,9 +73,6 @@ struct thread_info {
> * thread information flags
> * - these are process state flags that various assembly files
> * may need to access
> - * - pending work-to-be-done flags are in LSW
Yup, this is not true because also some flags from the most
significant bits are in the _TIF_ALLWORK_MASK.
> - * - other flags in MSW
> - * Warning: layout of LSW is hardcoded in entry.S
> */
> #define TIF_SYSCALL_TRACE 0 /* syscall trace active */
> #define TIF_NOTIFY_RESUME 1 /* callback before returning to user */
> @@ -133,8 +130,10 @@ struct thread_info {
>
> /* work to do on any return to user space */
> #define _TIF_ALLWORK_MASK \
> - ((0x0000FFFF & ~_TIF_SECCOMP) | _TIF_SYSCALL_TRACEPOINT | \
> - _TIF_NOHZ)
> + (_TIF_SYSCALL_TRACE | _TIF_NOTIFY_RESUME | _TIF_SIGPENDING | \
> + _TIF_SINGLESTEP | _TIF_NEED_RESCHED | _TIF_SYSCALL_EMU | \
> + _TIF_SYSCALL_AUDIT | _TIF_USER_RETURN_NOTIFY | _TIF_UPROBE | \
> + _TIF_SYSCALL_TRACEPOINT | _TIF_NOHZ)
All flags are sorted by the number except for
_TIF_SINGLESTEP and _TIF_NEED_RESCHED ;-)
The patch does not change the existing behavior. The same
existing flags are listed.
Reviewed-by: Petr Mladek <pmladek@suse.com>
Best Regards,
Petr
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2016-12-16 14:18 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 78+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2016-12-08 18:08 [PATCH v3 00/15] livepatch: hybrid consistency model Josh Poimboeuf
2016-12-08 18:08 ` [PATCH v3 01/15] stacktrace/x86: add function for detecting reliable stack traces Josh Poimboeuf
2016-12-16 13:07 ` Petr Mladek
2016-12-16 22:09 ` Josh Poimboeuf
2016-12-19 16:25 ` Miroslav Benes
2016-12-19 17:25 ` Josh Poimboeuf
2016-12-19 18:23 ` Miroslav Benes
2016-12-20 9:39 ` Petr Mladek
2016-12-20 21:21 ` Josh Poimboeuf
2016-12-08 18:08 ` [PATCH v3 02/15] x86/entry: define _TIF_ALLWORK_MASK flags explicitly Josh Poimboeuf
2016-12-16 14:17 ` Petr Mladek [this message]
2016-12-16 22:13 ` Josh Poimboeuf
2016-12-19 16:39 ` Miroslav Benes
2017-01-10 8:49 ` Kamalesh Babulal
2016-12-08 18:08 ` [PATCH v3 03/15] livepatch: temporary stubs for klp_patch_pending() and klp_update_patch_state() Josh Poimboeuf
2016-12-16 14:41 ` Petr Mladek
2016-12-16 22:15 ` Josh Poimboeuf
2016-12-08 18:08 ` [PATCH v3 04/15] livepatch/x86: add TIF_PATCH_PENDING thread flag Josh Poimboeuf
2016-12-08 18:27 ` Andy Lutomirski
2016-12-16 15:39 ` Petr Mladek
2016-12-21 13:54 ` Miroslav Benes
2017-01-11 7:06 ` Kamalesh Babulal
2016-12-08 18:08 ` [PATCH v3 05/15] livepatch/powerpc: " Josh Poimboeuf
2016-12-16 16:00 ` Petr Mladek
2016-12-21 14:30 ` Miroslav Benes
2017-01-10 8:29 ` Kamalesh Babulal
2016-12-08 18:08 ` [PATCH v3 06/15] livepatch/s390: reorganize TIF thread flag bits Josh Poimboeuf
2016-12-21 15:29 ` Miroslav Benes
2016-12-08 18:08 ` [PATCH v3 07/15] livepatch/s390: add TIF_PATCH_PENDING thread flag Josh Poimboeuf
2016-12-08 18:08 ` [PATCH v3 08/15] livepatch: separate enabled and patched states Josh Poimboeuf
2016-12-16 16:21 ` Petr Mladek
2016-12-23 12:54 ` Miroslav Benes
2017-01-10 9:10 ` Kamalesh Babulal
2016-12-08 18:08 ` [PATCH v3 09/15] livepatch: remove unnecessary object loaded check Josh Poimboeuf
2016-12-16 16:26 ` Petr Mladek
2016-12-23 12:58 ` Miroslav Benes
2017-01-10 9:14 ` Kamalesh Babulal
2016-12-08 18:08 ` [PATCH v3 10/15] livepatch: move patching functions into patch.c Josh Poimboeuf
2016-12-16 16:49 ` Petr Mladek
2016-12-23 13:06 ` Miroslav Benes
2017-01-10 9:15 ` Kamalesh Babulal
2016-12-08 18:08 ` [PATCH v3 11/15] livepatch: use kstrtobool() in enabled_store() Josh Poimboeuf
2016-12-16 16:55 ` Petr Mladek
2016-12-16 22:19 ` Josh Poimboeuf
2016-12-23 13:13 ` Miroslav Benes
2016-12-08 18:08 ` [PATCH v3 12/15] livepatch: store function sizes Josh Poimboeuf
2016-12-19 13:10 ` Petr Mladek
2016-12-23 13:40 ` Miroslav Benes
2017-01-11 10:09 ` Kamalesh Babulal
2016-12-08 18:08 ` [PATCH v3 13/15] livepatch: change to a per-task consistency model Josh Poimboeuf
2016-12-20 17:32 ` Petr Mladek
2016-12-21 21:25 ` Josh Poimboeuf
2016-12-22 14:34 ` Petr Mladek
2016-12-22 18:31 ` Josh Poimboeuf
2017-01-10 13:00 ` Petr Mladek
2017-01-10 20:46 ` Josh Poimboeuf
2017-01-11 15:18 ` Petr Mladek
2017-01-11 15:26 ` Josh Poimboeuf
2016-12-23 9:24 ` Miroslav Benes
2016-12-23 10:18 ` Petr Mladek
2017-01-06 20:07 ` Josh Poimboeuf
2017-01-10 10:40 ` Petr Mladek
2017-01-04 13:44 ` Miroslav Benes
2017-01-06 21:01 ` Josh Poimboeuf
2017-01-10 10:45 ` Miroslav Benes
2017-01-05 9:34 ` Miroslav Benes
2017-01-06 21:04 ` Josh Poimboeuf
2016-12-08 18:08 ` [PATCH v3 14/15] livepatch: add /proc/<pid>/patch_state Josh Poimboeuf
2016-12-21 11:20 ` Petr Mladek
2017-01-04 14:50 ` Miroslav Benes
2016-12-08 18:08 ` [PATCH v3 15/15] livepatch: allow removal of a disabled patch Josh Poimboeuf
2016-12-21 14:44 ` Petr Mladek
2017-01-04 14:57 ` Miroslav Benes
2017-01-06 21:04 ` Josh Poimboeuf
2016-12-10 5:46 ` [PATCH v3 00/15] livepatch: hybrid consistency model Balbir Singh
2016-12-10 17:17 ` Josh Poimboeuf
2016-12-11 2:08 ` Balbir Singh
2016-12-12 14:04 ` Josh Poimboeuf
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