linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] x86: Optimize tail handling for copy

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Message-ID: <alpine.LFD.1.10.0808011308470.3277@nehalem.linux-foundation.org>
Date:	Fri, 1 Aug 2008 13:10:25 -0700 (PDT)
From:	Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>
To:	Vitaly Mayatskikh <v.mayatskih@...il.com>
cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, Andi Kleen <andi@...stfloor.org>,
	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] x86: Optimize tail handling for copy_user



On Thu, 31 Jul 2008, Vitaly Mayatskikh wrote:
> 
> Yes, I see. I was messed, sorry. Your BYTES_LEFT_IN_PAGE works very
> well, tested.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Vitaly Mayatskikh <v.mayatskih@...il.com>

Ok, this latest version _looks_ ok. How well tested is it? I'm a bit 
nervous by now. Those earlier versions that got committed had all those 
wrone registers etc.

Anyway, Ack as far as I'm concerned, but..

		Linus
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