Re: [PATCH v15 00/13] powerpc: Switch to CONFIG_THREAD_INFO_IN_TASK

2019-02-04 Thread Michael Ellerman
Christophe Leroy writes: > The purpose of this serie is to activate CONFIG_THREAD_INFO_IN_TASK which > moves the thread_info into task_struct. Hi Christophe, I've taken this series and split some of the patches up a bit more. I'll just run it through some tests and then post my version. cheer

[PATCH v15 00/13] powerpc: Switch to CONFIG_THREAD_INFO_IN_TASK

2019-01-31 Thread Christophe Leroy
The purpose of this serie is to activate CONFIG_THREAD_INFO_IN_TASK which moves the thread_info into task_struct. Moving thread_info into task_struct has the following advantages: - It protects thread_info from corruption in the case of stack overflows. - Its address is harder to determine if stac