Messages in this thread | | | Date | Sun, 30 Mar 2008 21:53:07 +1100 | From | Paul Mackerras <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH 2/4] set_restore_sigmask TIF_SIGPENDING |
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Linus Torvalds writes:
> Of course, it may well not be worth it. Unlike the TIF flags, the TS flags > have been architecture-specific and I don't think all architectures even > do them (x86 uses them for FP state bits and stuff like that).
Powerpc has a "local_flags" field. I don't mind changing it if we are going to have a consistent name across architectures, but "status" (as x86 uses) seems a bit nondescript to me.
Paul.
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