# Re: \[PATCH v2\] livepatch: Replace the fake signal sending with TIF\_NOTIFY\_SIGNAL infrastructure

- From: Jiri Kosina \<jikos@kernel.org\>
- Date: 2021-03-30 07:43:06 
- List: live-patching
- Page: https://ratatoskr.run/live-patching/2021/03/6320791
- Thread: https://ratatoskr.run/live-patching/2021/03/6319675/t.md

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On Mon, 29 Mar 2021, Miroslav Benes wrote:

> Livepatch sends a fake signal to all remaining blocking tasks of a
> running transition after a set period of time. It uses TIF_SIGPENDING
> flag for the purpose. Commit 12db8b690010 ("entry: Add support for
> TIF_NOTIFY_SIGNAL") added a generic infrastructure to achieve the same.
> Replace our bespoke solution with the generic one.
> 
> Reviewed-by: Jens Axboe <axboe@kernel.dk>
> Reviewed-by: Petr Mladek <pmladek@suse.com>
> Signed-off-by: Miroslav Benes <mbenes@suse.cz>

Pushed out to livepatching#for-5.13/signal.

-- 
Jiri Kosina
SUSE Labs

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