linux-kernel - Re: Q: x86: add context tag to mark mm when running a task in 32-bit compatibility mode

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Message-ID: <20110928020724.GA4524@wicker.gateway.2wire.net>
Date:	Tue, 27 Sep 2011 22:07:24 -0400
From:	Stephen Wilson <wilsons@...rt.ca>
To:	Oleg Nesterov <oleg@...hat.com>
Cc:	Stephen Wilson <wilsons@...rt.ca>,
	Al Viro <viro@...iv.linux.org.uk>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: Q: x86: add context tag to mark mm when running a task in 32-bit
 compatibility mode


On Tue, Sep 27, 2011 at 07:04:48PM +0200, Oleg Nesterov wrote:
> I am asking because we probably want to backport this change and this
> ia32_compat looks a bit annoying, why should we waste a word?
> 
> Sure, this is very minor, but perhaps the trivial patch below makes
> sense?

Definitely makes sense (modulo Al's remarks).


Thanks,

-- 
steve

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