linux-kernel - Re: [GIT PULL] keys: Miscellaneous fixes/changes

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Date:   Tue, 21 Mar 2023 12:21:54 -0700
From:   Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>
To:     Jens Axboe <axboe@...nel.dk>
Cc:     David Howells <dhowells@...hat.com>,
        Jarkko Sakkinen <jarkko@...nel.org>,
        Bharath SM <bharathsm@...rosoft.com>,
        Shyam Prasad N <nspmangalore@...il.com>,
        Steve French <smfrench@...il.com>,
        Robbie Harwood <rharwood@...hat.com>,
        Eric Biederman <ebiederm@...ssion.com>,
        Herbert Xu <herbert@...dor.apana.org.au>,
        keyrings@...r.kernel.org, linux-cifs@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-crypto@...r.kernel.org, kexec@...ts.infradead.org,
        linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [GIT PULL] keys: Miscellaneous fixes/changes

On Tue, Mar 21, 2023 at 12:16 PM Jens Axboe <axboe@...nel.dk> wrote:
>
> I haven't seen the patch yet as it hasn't been pushed,

Well, it went out a couple of minutes before your email, so it's out now.

> It may make sense to add some debug check for
> PF_KTHREAD having TIF_NOTIFY_RESUME set, or task_work pending for that
> matter, as that is generally not workable without doing something to
> handle it explicitly.

Yeah, I guess we could have some generic check for that. I'm not sure
where it would be. Scheduler?

               Linus