[RESEND][PATCH v2] powerpc: Export thread_struct.used_vr/used_vsr to user space

Simon Guo wei.guo.simon at gmail.com
Tue Apr 12 12:58:59 AEST 2016


Hi Michael,
On Wed, Apr 06, 2016 at 03:00:12PM +0800, Simon Guo wrote:
> These 2 fields track whether user process has used Altivec/VSX
> registers or not. They are used by kernel to setup signal frame
> on user stack correctly regarding vector part.
> 
> CRIU(Checkpoint and Restore In User space) builds signal frame
> for restored process. It will need this export information to
> setup signal frame correctly. And CRIU will need to restore these
> 2 fields for the restored process.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Simon Guo <wei.guo.simon at gmail.com>
> Reviewed-by: Laurent Dufour <ldufour at linux.vnet.ibm.com>
> ---

Is there any chance that this patch can be merged upstream soon? 
The corresponding work of CRIU has to follow after that.

Thanks,
Simon


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