Re: [PATCH] Add a text_poke syscall v2

[Andi Kleen]

> IIRC someone proposed that, rather than specifying a "handler", that any
> user thread that traps just wait until the poke completes.  This would
> complicate the kernel implementation a bit, but it would make the user
> code a good deal simpler.  Is there any reason that this is a bad idea?

Should be doable yes.

-Andi

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