linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 0/9] rework of extended state handling, LWP support

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Message-ID: <20111205102223.GA3143@elte.hu>
Date:	Mon, 5 Dec 2011 11:22:23 +0100
From:	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>
To:	Hans Rosenfeld <hans.rosenfeld@....com>
Cc:	hpa@...or.com, tglx@...utronix.de, suresh.b.siddha@...el.com,
	eranian@...gle.com, brgerst@...il.com, robert.richter@....com,
	Andreas.Herrmann3@....com, x86@...nel.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 0/9] rework of extended state handling, LWP support


* Hans Rosenfeld <hans.rosenfeld@....com> wrote:

> These patches were built and tested against 3.1. The older RFC 
> patches that have been lingering in tip/x86/xsave for the last 
> few months should be removed.

They have been lingering because of negative review feedback i 
have given to you about LWP. I'm not convinced about the current 
form of abstraction that this patch-set offers.

See this past discussion from half a year ago:

  Subject: Re: [RFC v3 0/8] x86, xsave: rework of extended state handling, LWP support

We can and should do better than that.

Thanks,

	Ingo
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