linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 3/3] x86, extable: Handle early exceptions

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Message-ID: <4F907844.6080004@cavium.com>
Date:	Thu, 19 Apr 2012 13:40:36 -0700
From:	David Daney <david.daney@...ium.com>
To:	"H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>
CC:	David Daney <ddaney.cavm@...il.com>,
	Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Borislav Petkov <bp@...64.org>,
	Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...nel.org>,
	Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
	"Daney, David" <David.Daney@...iumnetworks.com>,
	"ralf@...ux-mips.org" <ralf@...ux-mips.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 3/3] x86, extable: Handle early exceptions

On 04/19/2012 01:26 PM, H. Peter Anvin wrote:
> On 04/19/2012 01:20 PM, H. Peter Anvin wrote:
>> On 04/19/2012 01:17 PM, David Daney wrote:
>>> On 04/19/2012 11:55 AM, H. Peter Anvin wrote:
>>>> Either way I suggest picking up David's presorting patchset since it
>>>> is already done and use its infrastructure for any further improvements.
>>>
>>> It does have the advantage of already being implemented.  There was a
>>> little feedback on the kbuild portions of the patch.
>>>
>>> If you would like, I will send an updated version of the patch.
>>
>> Please.  It gets us 90% of the way, and we need the infrastructure
>> anyway to do any further work.
>>
>
> Linus, it's not really an x86 patchset, but would you object if I queue
> up David's updated patchset in -tip?  I'll try to get an Ack from Ralf
> for the MIPS portion.
>

I am looking at the patch right now to see if I want to revise it in any 
way.  Very Soon Now I will either send a new version, or indicate that I 
think the existing version is good enough.

David Daney
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