linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v5 13/15] livepatch: change to a per-task consistency model

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Date:   Thu, 25 Jan 2018 10:04:44 +0100
From:   Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>
To:     Josh Poimboeuf <jpoimboe@...hat.com>
Cc:     Jessica Yu <jeyu@...hat.com>, Jiri Kosina <jikos@...nel.org>,
        Miroslav Benes <mbenes@...e.cz>,
        Petr Mladek <pmladek@...e.com>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        live-patching@...r.kernel.org,
        Michael Ellerman <mpe@...erman.id.au>,
        Heiko Carstens <heiko.carstens@...ibm.com>, x86@...nel.org,
        linuxppc-dev@...ts.ozlabs.org, linux-s390@...r.kernel.org,
        Vojtech Pavlik <vojtech@...e.com>, Jiri Slaby <jslaby@...e.cz>,
        Chris J Arges <chris.j.arges@...onical.com>,
        Andy Lutomirski <luto@...nel.org>,
        Ingo Molnar <mingo@...nel.org>,
        Kamalesh Babulal <kamalesh@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>,
        Balbir Singh <bsingharora@...il.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v5 13/15] livepatch: change to a per-task consistency
 model

On Mon, Feb 13, 2017 at 07:42:40PM -0600, Josh Poimboeuf wrote:
> diff --git a/kernel/sched/idle.c b/kernel/sched/idle.c
> index 6a4bae0..a8b3f1a 100644
> --- a/kernel/sched/idle.c
> +++ b/kernel/sched/idle.c
> @@ -9,6 +9,7 @@
>  #include <linux/mm.h>
>  #include <linux/stackprotector.h>
>  #include <linux/suspend.h>
> +#include <linux/livepatch.h>
>  
>  #include <asm/tlb.h>
>  
> @@ -264,6 +265,9 @@ static void do_idle(void)
>  
>  	sched_ttwu_pending();
>  	schedule_preempt_disabled();
> +
> +	if (unlikely(klp_patch_pending(current)))
> +		klp_update_patch_state(current);
>  }

Can someone explain this one? This is a very weird place to add things.
What was the expectation?