Re: [PATCH 12/19] x86: make is_64bit_mm() widely available

Thomas Gleixner
2015-05-18T21:06:07Z

On Fri, 8 May 2015, Dave Hansen wrote:
> The uprobes code has a nice helper, is_64bit_mm(), that consults both
> the runtime and compile-time flags for 32-bit support. Instead of
> reinventing the wheel, pull it in to an x86 header so we can use it
> for MPX.
>
> I prefer passing the mm around to test_thread_flag(TIF_IA32) because
> it makes it explicit where the context is coming from.

Ack.

> It will also make it easier if we ever need to access the MPX
> structures from another process.

Do we really want to go there?

Otherwise: Reviewed-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>