linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] Fix resume on x86-32 machines

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Date:   Mon, 11 Dec 2017 11:12:11 -0800
From:   Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>
To:     Andy Lutomirski <luto@...capital.net>
Cc:     "Rafael J. Wysocki" <rjw@...ysocki.net>,
        Pavel Machek <pavel@....cz>,
        Andrew Lutomirski <luto@...nel.org>,
        Zhang Rui <rui.zhang@...el.com>,
        Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
        Jarkko Nikula <jarkko.nikula@...ux.intel.com>,
        Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        "the arch/x86 maintainers" <x86@...nel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] Fix resume on x86-32 machines

On Mon, Dec 11, 2017 at 10:41 AM, Andy Lutomirski <luto@...capital.net> wrote:
>
> I'll try to get to this in a day or so -- is that okay?  Or should we
> do some trivial fix/revert and fix it for real next time around?

I don't think we want some trivial fix/revert just to keep it working.
This code is too fragile as-is, and I think that "make it work" is
more than reverting. You did fix real issues on x86-64 with odd
segment use, for example.

                Linus