linux-kernel - Re: [RFC PATCH v3 0/5] powerpc: Support context tracking for Power pSeries

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Date:	Mon, 13 May 2013 15:51:46 +1000
From:	Benjamin Herrenschmidt <benh@...nel.crashing.org>
To:	Li Zhong <zhong@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linuxppc-dev@...ts.ozlabs.org,
	paulmck@...ux.vnet.ibm.com, fweisbec@...il.com, paulus@...ba.org,
	michael@...erman.id.au, Anton Blanchard <anton@....ibm.com>
Subject: Re: [RFC PATCH v3 0/5] powerpc: Support context tracking for Power
 pSeries

On Mon, 2013-05-13 at 13:21 +0800, Li Zhong wrote:
> These patches try to support context tracking for Power arch, beginning with
> 64-bit pSeries. The codes are ported from that of the x86_64, and in each
> patch, I listed the corresponding patch for x86.

So that's yet another pile of bloat on all syscall entry/exit and
exception entry/exit. What is it used for ? (I haven't followed on
x86_64 side).

Cheers,
Ben.

> v3:
> 
> This version is mainly a rebasing, against 3.10-rc1, also as the common code 
> to handle the exception are pulled into 3.10, so there is no dependency on 
> tip tree. So patch #2 and #6 in previous version_2 is merged together. 
> 
> Li Zhong (5):
>   powerpc: Syscall hooks for context tracking subsystem
>   powerpc: Exception hooks for context tracking subsystem
>   powerpc: Exit user context on notify resume
>   powerpc: Use the new schedule_user API on userspace preemption
>   powerpc: select HAVE_CONTEXT_TRACKING for pSeries
> 
>  arch/powerpc/include/asm/context_tracking.h |   10 +++
>  arch/powerpc/include/asm/thread_info.h      |    7 ++-
>  arch/powerpc/kernel/entry_64.S              |    3 +-
>  arch/powerpc/kernel/ptrace.c                |    5 ++
>  arch/powerpc/kernel/signal.c                |    5 ++
>  arch/powerpc/kernel/traps.c                 |   91 ++++++++++++++++++++-------
>  arch/powerpc/mm/fault.c                     |   16 ++++-
>  arch/powerpc/mm/hash_utils_64.c             |   38 ++++++++---
>  arch/powerpc/platforms/pseries/Kconfig      |    1 +
>  9 files changed, 140 insertions(+), 36 deletions(-)
>  create mode 100644 arch/powerpc/include/asm/context_tracking.h
> 


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