linux-kernel - Re: [RFC][PATCH 6/8] mm: handle_speculative

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Message-ID: <1262679477.2400.13.camel@laptop>
Date:	Tue, 05 Jan 2010 09:17:57 +0100
From:	Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>
To:	Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>
Cc:	KAMEZAWA Hiroyuki <kamezawa.hiroyu@...fujitsu.com>,
	"Paul E. McKenney" <paulmck@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>,
	"linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	"linux-mm@...ck.org" <linux-mm@...ck.org>,
	"minchan.kim@...il.com" <minchan.kim@...il.com>,
	cl@...ux-foundation.org,
	"hugh.dickins" <hugh.dickins@...cali.co.uk>,
	Nick Piggin <nickpiggin@...oo.com.au>,
	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>
Subject: Re: [RFC][PATCH 6/8] mm: handle_speculative_fault()

On Mon, 2010-01-04 at 19:13 -0800, Linus Torvalds wrote:

> I would say that this whole series is _very_ far from being mergeable. 

Never said anything else ;-)

> Peter seems to have been thinking about the details, while missing all the 
> subtle big picture effects that seem to actually change semantics.

Yes, I seem to have missed a rather significant side of the whole
issue..  back to the drawing room for me then.

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