Re: [PATCH 1/2] x86: Rename TIF_ADDR32 to TIF_32BIT

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> On Sep 21, 2021, at 7:50 PM, Peter Zijlstra <peterz@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> 
> On Tue, Sep 21, 2021 at 07:02:51PM +0800, sxwjean@xxxxxx wrote:
>> From: Xiongwei Song <sxwjean@xxxxxxxxx>
>> 
>> In arm64 or powerpc or sparc, the 32 bits process in 64 bits kernel is set
>> flag TIF_32BIT. However in x86, that flag name is TIF_ADDR32. This patch
>> makes the flag name in x86 same as other archs.
> 
> x86 is fundamentally different here, the TIF flag does not say (nor can
> it) anything about the bitness of the code running. On x86_64 a 64bit
> process can run 32bit code without the kernel necessarily knowing
> anything about it.
> 
> The only thing it does it limit the address range, and as such the name
> is correct.
> 
Hi Peter,

Thanks for your comments. But I missed email addresses for patch 1 and 2. 
I will resend the patches.

Regards,
Xiongwei




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