linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] x86: APIC: Remove apic_write

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Message-ID: <20080719214944.GC836@elte.hu>
Date:	Sat, 19 Jul 2008 23:49:44 +0200
From:	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>
To:	Suresh Siddha <suresh.b.siddha@...el.com>
Cc:	Yinghai Lu <yhlu.kernel@...il.com>,
	Zachary Amsden <zach@...are.com>,
	"Maciej W. Rozycki" <macro@...ux-mips.org>,
	"x86@...nel.org" <x86@...nel.org>,
	"linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Jeremy Fitzhardinge <jeremy@...p.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] x86: APIC: Remove apic_write_around(); use alternatives


* Suresh Siddha <suresh.b.siddha@...el.com> wrote:

> On Fri, Jul 18, 2008 at 04:04:29PM -0700, Yinghai Lu wrote:
> > On Fri, Jul 18, 2008 at 4:00 PM, Suresh Siddha
> > <suresh.b.siddha@...el.com> wrote:
> > > On Fri, Jul 18, 2008 at 03:51:07PM -0700, Yinghai Lu wrote:
> > >> On Fri, Jul 18, 2008 at 3:49 PM, Suresh Siddha
> > >> <suresh.b.siddha@...el.com> wrote:
> > >> > Thanks to Maciej who posted this fix. It was on my todo list for
> > >> > sometime now!
> > >>
> > >> do we rebase tip/x86/x2apic or rework this patch?
> > >
> > > Ingo just did the merge. And I posted a missing piece. So is this enough?
> > 
> > maciej, patch will go first, and x2apic will goes later, so bisect on
> > x2apic will be broken.
> 
> hm, ok. Ingo? should I send the rebased 30 or so patches. or we can 
> move this patch later.

hm, yes, please send the rebased patches - as this stuff has some risks 
so bisectability is important.

	Ingo
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