linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 3/5] kernel: add support for TIF_NOTIFY

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Date:   Thu, 15 Oct 2020 16:44:19 +0200
From:   Oleg Nesterov <oleg@...hat.com>
To:     Jens Axboe <axboe@...nel.dk>
Cc:     linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, io-uring@...r.kernel.org,
        peterz@...radead.org, tglx@...utronix.de
Subject: Re: [PATCH 3/5] kernel: add support for TIF_NOTIFY_SIGNAL

On 10/15, Jens Axboe wrote:
>
> This adds TIF_NOTIFY_SIGNAL handling in the generic code, which if set,
> will return true if signal_pending() is used in a wait loop. That causes
> an exit of the loop so that notify_signal tracehooks can be run. If the
> wait loop is currently inside a system call, the system call is restarted
> once task_work has been processed.
>
> Signed-off-by: Jens Axboe <axboe@...nel.dk>

So I strongly disagree with CONFIG_GENERIC_ENTRY. Otherwise,

Reviewed-by: Oleg Nesterov <oleg@...hat.com>