linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v3 1/4] ptrace: move clearing of TIF_SYSCALL

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Date:   Thu, 2 May 2019 17:45:12 +0100
From:   Will Deacon <will.deacon@....com>
To:     Oleg Nesterov <oleg@...hat.com>
Cc:     Sudeep Holla <sudeep.holla@....com>, x86@...nel.org,
        linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        Catalin Marinas <catalin.marinas@....com>,
        Richard Weinberger <richard@....at>, jdike@...toit.com,
        Steve Capper <Steve.Capper@....com>,
        Haibo Xu <haibo.xu@....com>, Bin Lu <bin.lu@....com>,
        Andy Lutomirski <luto@...nel.org>,
        Paul Mackerras <paulus@...ba.org>,
        Michael Ellerman <mpe@...erman.id.au>,
        Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
        Ingo Molnar <mingo@...hat.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v3 1/4] ptrace: move clearing of TIF_SYSCALL_EMU flag to
 core

On Thu, May 02, 2019 at 06:13:30PM +0200, Oleg Nesterov wrote:
> On 05/01, Sudeep Holla wrote:
> >
> > On Wed, May 01, 2019 at 06:13:30PM +0200, Oleg Nesterov wrote:
> > > On 04/30, Sudeep Holla wrote:
> > > >
> > > > While the TIF_SYSCALL_EMU is set in ptrace_resume independent of any
> > > > architecture, currently only powerpc and x86 unset the TIF_SYSCALL_EMU
> > > > flag in ptrace_disable which gets called from ptrace_detach.
> > > >
> > > > Let's move the clearing of TIF_SYSCALL_EMU flag to __ptrace_unlink
> > > > which gets executed from ptrace_detach and also keep it along with
> > > > or close to clearing of TIF_SYSCALL_TRACE.
> > > >
> > > > Cc: Oleg Nesterov <oleg@...hat.com>
> > > > Cc: Paul Mackerras <paulus@...ba.org>
> > > > Cc: Michael Ellerman <mpe@...erman.id.au>
> > > > Cc: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>
> > > > Cc: Ingo Molnar <mingo@...hat.com>
> > > > Signed-off-by: Sudeep Holla <sudeep.holla@....com>
> > >
> > > Acked-by: Oleg Nesterov <oleg@...hat.com>
> > >
> >
> > Since 1/4 and 2/4 are completely independent of arm64 changes in 3&4/4,
> > I prefer you take these via your tree.
> 
> Sorry Sudeep, I can't do this, I need to reanimate my account on kernel.org.

Ok, if you're happy for us to take them via arm64 with your ack, then we can
do that as well. Just don't want to step on anybody's toes!

Will