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SubjectRe: [patch V4 part 1 29/36] x86/mce: Send #MC singal from task work
----- On May 5, 2020, at 9:16 AM, Thomas Gleixner tglx@linutronix.de wrote:

> From: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org>
>

Patch title: singal -> signal.

> Convert #MC over to using task_work_add(); it will run the same code
> slightly later, on the return to user path of the same exception.

So I suspect that switching the order between tracehook_notify_resume()
(which ends up calling task_work_run()) and do_signal() done by an
earlier patch in this series intends to ensure the information about the
instruction pointer causing the #MC is not overwritten by do_signal()
(but I'm just guessing).

If it's the case, I think it should be clearly stated as the intent of the
earlier patch.

Thanks,

Mathieu

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Mathieu Desnoyers
EfficiOS Inc.
http://www.efficios.com

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