[PATCH v10 0/9] powerpc: Switch to CONFIG_THREAD_INFO_IN_TASK

2018-12-09 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

[PATCH v10 0/9] powerpc: Switch to CONFIG_THREAD_INFO_IN_TASK

2018-11-28 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