linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 00/10] Migrate syscall entry/exit work to SYSCALL

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Date:   Sun, 15 Nov 2020 19:50:22 +0100
From:   Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>
To:     Gabriel Krisman Bertazi <krisman@...labora.com>
Cc:     mingo@...hat.com, keescook@...omium.org, arnd@...db.de,
        luto@...capital.net, wad@...omium.org, rostedt@...dmis.org,
        paul@...l-moore.com, eparis@...hat.com, oleg@...hat.com,
        linux-arch@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        x86@...nel.org, Gabriel Krisman Bertazi <krisman@...labora.com>,
        kernel@...labora.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH 00/10] Migrate syscall entry/exit work to SYSCALL_WORK flagset

On Fri, Nov 13 2020 at 22:29, Gabriel Krisman Bertazi wrote:
> This a refactor work moving the work done by features like seccomp,
> ptrace, audit and tracepoints out of the TI flags.  The reasons are:
>
>    1) Scarcity of TI flags in x86 32-bit.
>
>    2) TI flags are defined by the architecture, while these features are
>    arch-independent.
>
>    3) Community resistance in merging new architecture-independent
>    features as TI flags.
>
> The design exposes a new field in struct thread_info that is read at
> syscall_trace_enter and syscall_work_exit in place of the ti flags.
> No functional changes is expected from this patchset.  The design and
> organization of this patchset achieves the following goals:

Aside of the few nitpicks, this looks good. Thanks for doing this!

      tglx