From: Oleg Nesterov <oleg@redhat.com>
To: Jens Axboe <axboe@kernel.dk>
Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, io-uring@vger.kernel.org,
peterz@infradead.org, tglx@linutronix.de
Subject: Re: [PATCH 3/6] kernel: split syscall restart from signal handling
Date: Thu, 8 Oct 2020 16:45:40 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20201008144539.GJ9995@redhat.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <de00f13d-9ff0-6955-5d37-557f044ce2aa@kernel.dk>
On 10/08, Jens Axboe wrote:
>
> On 10/8/20 8:21 AM, Oleg Nesterov wrote:
> >
> > Can't we avoid this patch and the and simplify the change in
> > exit_to_user_mode_loop() from the next patch? Can't the much more simple
> > patch below work?
> >
> > Then later we can even change arch_do_signal() to accept the additional
> > argument, ti_work, so that it can use ti_work & TIF_NOTIFY_SIGNAL/SIGPENDING
> > instead of test_thread_flag/task_sigpending.
>
> Yeah I guess that would be a bit simpler, maybe I'm too focused on
> decoupling the two. But if we go this route, and avoid sighand->lock for
> just having TIF_NOTIFY_SIGNAL set, then that should be functionally
> equivalent as far as I'm concerned.
Not sure I understand... I think that the change I propose is functionally
equivalent or I missed something.
> I'll make the reduction, I'd prefer to keep this as small/simple as
> possible initially.
Great, thanks.
Oleg.
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2020-10-08 14:45 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 30+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2020-10-05 15:04 [PATCHSET RFC v3 0/6] Add support for TIF_NOTIFY_SIGNAL Jens Axboe
2020-10-05 15:04 ` [PATCH 1/6] tracehook: clear TIF_NOTIFY_RESUME in tracehook_notify_resume() Jens Axboe
2020-10-08 12:37 ` Oleg Nesterov
2020-10-08 13:36 ` Jens Axboe
2020-10-05 15:04 ` [PATCH 2/6] kernel: add task_sigpending() helper Jens Axboe
2020-10-08 12:58 ` Oleg Nesterov
2020-10-08 13:36 ` Jens Axboe
2020-10-08 13:24 ` Oleg Nesterov
2020-10-08 13:38 ` Jens Axboe
2020-10-05 15:04 ` [PATCH 3/6] kernel: split syscall restart from signal handling Jens Axboe
2020-10-08 14:21 ` Oleg Nesterov
2020-10-08 14:31 ` Jens Axboe
2020-10-08 14:41 ` Jens Axboe
2020-10-08 14:45 ` Oleg Nesterov [this message]
2020-10-08 14:47 ` Jens Axboe
2020-10-05 15:04 ` [PATCH 4/6] kernel: add support for TIF_NOTIFY_SIGNAL Jens Axboe
2020-10-08 13:53 ` Oleg Nesterov
2020-10-08 14:07 ` Jens Axboe
2020-10-08 14:27 ` Oleg Nesterov
2020-10-05 15:04 ` [PATCH 5/6] x86: define _TIF_NOTIFY_SIGNAL Jens Axboe
2020-10-05 15:04 ` [PATCH 6/6] task_work: use TIF_NOTIFY_SIGNAL if available Jens Axboe
2020-10-08 14:56 ` [PATCHSET RFC v3 0/6] Add support for TIF_NOTIFY_SIGNAL Oleg Nesterov
2020-10-08 15:00 ` Jens Axboe
2020-10-09 8:01 ` Miroslav Benes
2020-10-09 15:21 ` Jens Axboe
2020-10-10 16:53 ` Jens Axboe
2020-10-12 17:27 ` Miroslav Benes
2020-10-13 19:39 ` Jens Axboe
2020-10-13 23:34 ` Thomas Gleixner
2020-10-13 23:37 ` Jens Axboe
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