diff options
Diffstat (limited to 'include/uapi/linux/rseq.h')
| -rw-r--r-- | include/uapi/linux/rseq.h | 21 |
1 files changed, 7 insertions, 14 deletions
diff --git a/include/uapi/linux/rseq.h b/include/uapi/linux/rseq.h index c233aae5eac9..1b76d508400c 100644 --- a/include/uapi/linux/rseq.h +++ b/include/uapi/linux/rseq.h @@ -114,20 +114,13 @@ struct rseq { /* * Restartable sequences flags field. * - * This field should only be updated by the thread which - * registered this data structure. Read by the kernel. - * Mainly used for single-stepping through rseq critical sections - * with debuggers. - * - * - RSEQ_CS_FLAG_NO_RESTART_ON_PREEMPT - * Inhibit instruction sequence block restart on preemption - * for this thread. - * - RSEQ_CS_FLAG_NO_RESTART_ON_SIGNAL - * Inhibit instruction sequence block restart on signal - * delivery for this thread. - * - RSEQ_CS_FLAG_NO_RESTART_ON_MIGRATE - * Inhibit instruction sequence block restart on migration for - * this thread. + * This field was initially intended to allow event masking for + * single-stepping through rseq critical sections with debuggers. + * The kernel does not support this anymore and the relevant bits + * are checked for being always false: + * - RSEQ_CS_FLAG_NO_RESTART_ON_PREEMPT + * - RSEQ_CS_FLAG_NO_RESTART_ON_SIGNAL + * - RSEQ_CS_FLAG_NO_RESTART_ON_MIGRATE */ __u32 flags; |