[PATCH 3/3] powerpc/tm: P9 disable transactionally suspended sigcontexts
    Gustavo Romero 
    gromero at linux.vnet.ibm.com
       
    Fri Oct  6 22:16:02 AEDT 2017
    
    
  
Hi Cyril,
On 06-10-2017 04:46, Cyril Bur wrote:
> From: Michael Neuling <mikey at neuling.org>
> 
> Unfortunately userspace can construct a sigcontext which enables
> suspend. Thus userspace can force Linux into a path where trechkpt is
> executed.
> 
> This patch blocks this from happening on POWER9 but sanity checking
> sigcontexts passed in.
I think "but" should say "by" as pointed out by Joel and acked by Mikey
previously.
Regards,
Gustavo
    
    
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