Re: [PATCH v2] livepatch: Replace the fake signal sending with TIF_NOTIFY_SIGNAL infrastructure

2021-03-30 Thread Jiri Kosina
On Mon, 29 Mar 2021, Miroslav Benes wrote: > Livepatch sends a fake signal to all remaining blocking tasks of a > running transition after a set period of time. It uses TIF_SIGPENDING > flag for the purpose. Commit 12db8b690010 ("entry: Add support for > TIF_NOTIFY_SIGNAL") added a generic infrast

Re: [PATCH v2] livepatch: Replace the fake signal sending with TIF_NOTIFY_SIGNAL infrastructure

2021-03-29 Thread Joe Lawrence
On 3/29/21 9:28 AM, Miroslav Benes wrote: Livepatch sends a fake signal to all remaining blocking tasks of a running transition after a set period of time. It uses TIF_SIGPENDING flag for the purpose. Commit 12db8b690010 ("entry: Add support for TIF_NOTIFY_SIGNAL") added a generic infrastructure

[PATCH v2] livepatch: Replace the fake signal sending with TIF_NOTIFY_SIGNAL infrastructure

2021-03-29 Thread Miroslav Benes
Livepatch sends a fake signal to all remaining blocking tasks of a running transition after a set period of time. It uses TIF_SIGPENDING flag for the purpose. Commit 12db8b690010 ("entry: Add support for TIF_NOTIFY_SIGNAL") added a generic infrastructure to achieve the same. Replace our bespoke sol