Re: [PATCH 7/8] arm64: Define TIF_PATCH_PENDING for livepatch

Miroslav Benes <[email protected]>
Newsgroups org.kernel.vger.linux-toolchains,org.infradead.lists.linux-arm-kernel,org.kernel.vger.linux-kernel,org.kernel.vger.live-patching
Message-ID <[email protected]>
Hi,

> diff --git a/arch/arm64/kernel/entry-common.c b/arch/arm64/kernel/entry-common.c
> index b260ddc4d3e9..b537af333b42 100644
> --- a/arch/arm64/kernel/entry-common.c
> +++ b/arch/arm64/kernel/entry-common.c
> @@ -8,6 +8,7 @@
>  #include <linux/context_tracking.h>
>  #include <linux/kasan.h>
>  #include <linux/linkage.h>
> +#include <linux/livepatch.h>
>  #include <linux/lockdep.h>
>  #include <linux/ptrace.h>
>  #include <linux/resume_user_mode.h>
> @@ -144,6 +145,9 @@ static void do_notify_resume(struct pt_regs *regs, unsigned long thread_flags)
>  				       (void __user *)NULL, current);
>  		}
>  
> +		if (thread_flags & _TIF_PATCH_PENDING)
> +			klp_update_patch_state(current);
> +
>  		if (thread_flags & (_TIF_SIGPENDING | _TIF_NOTIFY_SIGNAL))
>  			do_signal(regs);

Just a remark so that it is recorded. Once arm64 is moved to generic 
entry infra, the hunk will not be needed.

Regards,
Miroslav
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