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SubjectRe: Is THREAD_INFO_IN_TASK appropriate for -mm for 4.8?
On Tue, Jul 19, 2016 at 10:25:42AM +0200, Christian Borntraeger wrote:
> On 07/19/2016 01:47 AM, Andy Lutomirski wrote:
> > Hi all-
> >
> > There are four core patches needed for the THREAD_INFO_IN_TASK thing,
> > and they apply cleanly to -mm now. The x86 patch to flip the feature
> > on does not apply cleanly anywhere because it depends on changes in
> > -tip *and* in -mm. I'd like to get all of this as well as the rest of
> > the vmap-stacks stuff in by 4.9, but I'm wondering if it might make
> > sense to get the core THREAD_INFO_IN_TASK stuff into -mm for 4.8
> > instead.
> >
> > Pros:
> > - It reduces the amount of core code that -tip will have to carry until 4.9.
> > - It may benefit other architectures. Christian Borntraeger
> > expressed an interest in enabling the feature for s390, but it'll be
> > awkward for him until the core bit landed. Similarly, arm64 seems to
> > be interested.
>
> I have not yet talked to Martin/Heiko about this, so not sure yet if and when
> s390 is going to use this - so no pressure from our side yet.

I wrote a patch four weeks ago which converts s390 based on Linus' orginal
patches. So yes, we will convert s390 as soon as this hits upstream.

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