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Date: Fri, 16 Dec 2016 17:00:57 +0100
From: Petr Mladek <pmladek@suse.com>
To: Josh Poimboeuf <jpoimboe@redhat.com>
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Subject: Re: [PATCH v3 05/15] livepatch/powerpc: add TIF_PATCH_PENDING thread
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On Thu 2016-12-08 12:08:30, Josh Poimboeuf wrote:
> Add the TIF_PATCH_PENDING thread flag to enable the new livepatch
> per-task consistency model for powerpc.  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 included in the _TIF_USER_WORK_MASK macro so that
> do_notify_resume() and klp_update_patch_state() get called when the bit
> is set.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Josh Poimboeuf <jpoimboe@redhat.com>

Reviewed-by: Petr Mladek <pmladek@suse.com>

Best Regards,
Petr