Subject: Re: [PATCH v3 02/15] x86/entry: define _TIF_ALLWORK_MASK flags explicitly

From: Petr Mladek <[email-masked]>
Date: Fri, 16 Dec 2016 15:17:35 +0100

On Thu 2016-12-08 12:08:27, Josh Poimboeuf wrote:
> The _TIF_ALLWORK_MASK macro automatically includes the least-significant
> 16 bits of the thread_info flags, which is less than obvious and tends
> to create confusion and surprises when reading or modifying the code.
> 
> Define the flags explicitly.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Josh Poimboeuf <[email-masked]>
> ---
>  arch/x86/include/asm/thread_info.h | 9 ++++-----
>  1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/arch/x86/include/asm/thread_info.h b/arch/x86/include/asm/thread_info.h
> index ad6f5eb0..1fe6043 100644
> --- a/arch/x86/include/asm/thread_info.h
> +++ b/arch/x86/include/asm/thread_info.h
> @@ -73,9 +73,6 @@ struct thread_info {
>   * thread information flags
>   * - these are process state flags that various assembly files
>   *   may need to access
> - * - pending work-to-be-done flags are in LSW

Yup, this is not true because also some flags from the most
significant bits are in the _TIF_ALLWORK_MASK.

> - * - other flags in MSW
> - * Warning: layout of LSW is hardcoded in entry.S
>   */
>  #define TIF_SYSCALL_TRACE	0	/* syscall trace active */
>  #define TIF_NOTIFY_RESUME	1	/* callback before returning to user */
> @@ -133,8 +130,10 @@ struct thread_info {
>  
>  /* work to do on any return to user space */
>  #define _TIF_ALLWORK_MASK						\
> -	((0x0000FFFF & ~_TIF_SECCOMP) | _TIF_SYSCALL_TRACEPOINT |	\
> -	_TIF_NOHZ)
> +	(_TIF_SYSCALL_TRACE | _TIF_NOTIFY_RESUME | _TIF_SIGPENDING |	\
> +	 _TIF_SINGLESTEP | _TIF_NEED_RESCHED | _TIF_SYSCALL_EMU |	\
> +	 _TIF_SYSCALL_AUDIT | _TIF_USER_RETURN_NOTIFY | _TIF_UPROBE |	\
> +	 _TIF_SYSCALL_TRACEPOINT | _TIF_NOHZ)

All flags are sorted by the number except for
_TIF_SINGLESTEP and _TIF_NEED_RESCHED  ;-)

The patch does not change the existing behavior. The same
existing flags are listed.

Reviewed-by: Petr Mladek <[email-masked]>

Best Regards,
Petr