linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 3/4] x86_64 ia32 syscall audit fast-path

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Date:	Mon, 7 Jul 2008 09:39:13 -0700 (PDT)
From:	Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>
To:	Roland McGrath <roland@...hat.com>
cc:	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>, Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Alexander Viro <aviro@...hat.com>,
	Eric Paris <eparis@...hat.com>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 3/4] x86_64 ia32 syscall audit fast-path



On Mon, 7 Jul 2008, Linus Torvalds wrote:
> 
> Please don't add more instructions to the fastpath. Especially not 
> relatively slow ones like 'bt'. 

Hmm. If I'm reading it right, you seem to have done this correctly in 4/4 
for the native x86-32 patch. So it looks like you were just a bit lazy in 
3/4?

Or am I missing something?

		Linus
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