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Date: Sun, 29 Aug 2010 21:32:59 +0300
From: Pekka Enberg <penberg@...nel.org>
To: Brian Gerst <brgerst@...il.com>
Cc: hpa@...or.com, x86@...nel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 03/11] x86: Merge tolerant_fwait()
On Sat, Aug 28, 2010 at 7:04 PM, Brian Gerst <brgerst@...il.com> wrote:
> Now that 32-bit can handle exceptions from the kernel, switch to using
> the 64-bit version of tolerant_fwait() without fnclex. In the unlikely
> event an exception is triggered, it is simply ignored.
>
> Signed-off-by: Brian Gerst <brgerst@...il.com>
Why is 32-bit able to handle exceptions? Is that part of this series
or is it some existing commit in tip or linus?
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