Re: [RFC PATCH v2 09/18] livepatch/x86: add TIF_PATCH_PENDING thread flag

2016-04-29 Thread Josh Poimboeuf
On Fri, Apr 29, 2016 at 11:08:04AM -0700, Andy Lutomirski wrote: > On Thu, Apr 28, 2016 at 1:44 PM, Josh Poimboeuf wrote: > > Add the TIF_PATCH_PENDING thread flag to enable the new livepatch > > per-task consistency model for x86_64. The bit getting set indicates > > the thread has a pending pat

Re: [RFC PATCH v2 09/18] livepatch/x86: add TIF_PATCH_PENDING thread flag

2016-04-29 Thread Andy Lutomirski
On Thu, Apr 28, 2016 at 1:44 PM, Josh Poimboeuf wrote: > Add the TIF_PATCH_PENDING thread flag to enable the new livepatch > per-task consistency model for x86_64. The bit getting set indicates > the thread has a pending patch which needs to be applied when the thread > exits the kernel. > > The