linux-kernel - Re: [GIT PULL] x86/paravirt for v2.6.33

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Message-ID: <4B1FFBE8.2000302@zytor.com>
Date:	Wed, 09 Dec 2009 11:35:04 -0800
From:	"H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>
To:	Brian Gerst <brgerst@...il.com>
CC:	Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Jeremy Fitzhardinge <jeremy@...p.org>,
	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
Subject: Re: [GIT PULL] x86/paravirt for v2.6.33

On 12/09/2009 11:25 AM, Brian Gerst wrote:
> 
> I had started working on a patchset like this when this issue came up
> the first time.  I'll get it up to date and send it out.  It would be
> nice if this could be done for all syscalls, so that
> asmlinkage_protect() isn't needed.
> 

asmlinkage_protect() is evil in the extreme and really should be killed.

In fact, I started working on a patchset to eliminate asmlinkage completely.

	-hpa
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