linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] x86: Add optimized popcnt variants

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Date:	Sat, 27 Feb 2010 12:00:26 -0800
From:	"H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>
To:	Borislav Petkov <bp@...64.org>
CC:	Michal Marek <mmarek@...e.cz>,
	linux-kbuild <linux-kbuild@...r.kernel.org>,
	Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Wu Fengguang <fengguang.wu@...el.com>,
	LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Jamie Lokier <jamie@...reable.org>,
	Roland Dreier <rdreier@...co.com>,
	Al Viro <viro@...IV.linux.org.uk>,
	"linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>, Brian Gerst <brgerst@...il.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] x86: Add optimized popcnt variants

On 02/27/2010 12:28 AM, Borislav Petkov wrote:
> 
>> I guess, on the other hand, if it ends up not getting merged until .35
>> it's not a huge deal either.
> 
> Yeah, let's give it another round of testing and queue it for .35 -
> AFAIR Ingo runs also a wide testing effort so it spending another cycle
> in -tip and being hammered on by us could give us a bit more certainty.
> 

Yes, if we can get into -tip then we'll get more test coverage, so I'll
queue it up for .35 as soon as the merge window closes.  Please remind
me if I forget.

	-hpa

-- 
H. Peter Anvin, Intel Open Source Technology Center
I work for Intel.  I don't speak on their behalf.

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