[PATCH v3 05/15] livepatch/powerpc: add TIF_PATCH_PENDING thread flag

[Kamalesh Babulal]

On Thursday 08 December 2016 11:38 PM, Josh Poimboeuf wrote:
> Add the TIF_PATCH_PENDING thread flag to enable the new livepatch
> per-task consistency model for powerpc.  The bit getting set indicates
> the thread has a pending patch which needs to be applied when the thread
> exits the kernel.
>
> The bit is included in the _TIF_USER_WORK_MASK macro so that
> do_notify_resume() and klp_update_patch_state() get called when the bit
> is set.
>
> Signed-off-by: Josh Poimboeuf <jpoimboe at redhat.com>

Reviewed-by: Kamalesh Babulal <kamalesh at linux.vnet.ibm.com>

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cheers,
Kamalesh.