kernel-hardening - Re: [RFC PATCH 2/8] thread_info: allow custom in-task thread

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Message-ID: <20160923173143.GA29830@leverpostej>
Date: Fri, 23 Sep 2016 18:31:44 +0100
From: Mark Rutland <mark.rutland@....com>
To: Andy Lutomirski <luto@...capital.net>
Cc: james.morse@....com, AKASHI Takahiro <takahiro.akashi@...aro.org>,
	Kees Cook <keescook@...omium.org>,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	"linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org" <linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org>,
	lorenzo.pieralisi@....com,
	"kernel-hardening@...ts.openwall.com" <kernel-hardening@...ts.openwall.com>,
	suzuki.poulose@....com,
	"linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Catalin Marinas <catalin.marinas@....com>,
	Ard Biesheuvel <ard.biesheuvel@...aro.org>,
	Will Deacon <will.deacon@....com>
Subject: Re: [RFC PATCH 2/8] thread_info: allow custom in-task thread_info

On Thu, Sep 22, 2016 at 03:23:59PM -0700, Andy Lutomirski wrote:
> On Sep 21, 2016 12:28 AM, "Mark Rutland" <mark.rutland@....com> wrote:

> > Given all that, can we make the generic thread_info::flags an unsigned
> > long, matching what the thread flag helpers implicitly assume?
> 
> Yes.  Want to send the patch or should I?

I've sent a patch out to LKML [1], though if that doesn't look right I'm
more than happy for you to send a correct one. ;)

Thanks,
Mark.

[1] http://lkml.kernel.org/r/1474651447-30447-1-git-send-email-mark.rutland@arm.com

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