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SubjectRe: [PATCH 2/4] set_restore_sigmask TIF_SIGPENDING
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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