[PATCH v4 0/9] powerpc: Switch to CONFIG_THREAD_INFO_IN_TASK

2018-10-04 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

Re: [PATCH v4 0/9] powerpc: Switch to CONFIG_THREAD_INFO_IN_TASK

2018-10-06 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. > > Moving thread_info into task_struct has the following advantages: > - It protects thread_info from corruption in the case of stack > overflows. > - It