linux-kernel - Re: [Xen-devel] [PATCH v2 1/3] drivers/xen/preempt: use need_resched() instead of should

lists.openwall.net		lists / announce owl-users owl-dev john-users john-dev passwdqc-users yescrypt popa3d-users / oss-security kernel-hardening musl sabotage tlsify passwords / crypt-dev xvendor / Bugtraq Full-Disclosure linux-kernel linux-netdev linux-ext4 linux-hardening linux-cve-announce PHC
Open Source and information security mailing list archives

Hash Suite for Android: free password hash cracker in your pocket

[<prev] [next>] [<thread-prev] [thread-next>] [day] [month] [year] [list]

Message-ID: <55ACFA96.9060102@citrix.com>
Date:	Mon, 20 Jul 2015 14:41:42 +0100
From:	David Vrabel <david.vrabel@...rix.com>
To:	Konstantin Khlebnikov <khlebnikov@...dex-team.ru>,
	Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>
CC:	<linux-arch@...r.kernel.org>, <x86@...nel.org>,
	<linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>, <kvm-ppc@...r.kernel.org>,
	Alexander Graf <agraf@...e.de>,
	Paul Mackerras <paulus@...ba.org>,
	David Vrabel <david.vrabel@...rix.com>,
	<xen-devel@...ts.xenproject.org>,
	Boris Ostrovsky <boris.ostrovsky@...cle.com>,
	<linuxppc-dev@...ts.ozlabs.org>
Subject: Re: [Xen-devel] [PATCH v2 1/3] drivers/xen/preempt: use need_resched()
 instead of should_resched()

On 15/07/15 10:52, Konstantin Khlebnikov wrote:
> This code is used only when CONFIG_PREEMPT=n and only in non-atomic context:
> xen_in_preemptible_hcall is set only in privcmd_ioctl_hypercall().
> Thus preempt_count is zero and should_resched() is equal to need_resched().

Applied to for-linus-4.3, thanks.

David
--
To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in
the body of a message to majordomo@...r.kernel.org
More majordomo info at  http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
Please read the FAQ at  http://www.tux.org/lkml/