linux-kernel - Re: [RFC] x86: drop unnecessary kernel

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Date:	Mon, 27 Aug 2012 10:14:38 -0700
From:	Andi Kleen <ak@...ux.intel.com>
To:	Cyrill Gorcunov <gorcunov@...nvz.org>
Cc:	X86-ML <x86@...nel.org>, LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	"H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>, Ingo Molnar <mingo@...nel.org>,
	Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
	Brian Gerst <brgerst@...il.com>,
	Peter Zijlstra <a.p.zijlstra@...llo.nl>,
	Pekka Enberg <penberg@...nel.org>
Subject: Re: [RFC] x86: drop unnecessary kernel_eflags variable from 64 bit

On Fri, Aug 24, 2012 at 11:58:47PM +0400, Cyrill Gorcunov wrote:
> Hi guys,
> 
> I've been looking for some particular email in my mailbox when
> found the patch below (it's dated as August 2011 ;) and think
> it's still valid for kernel. Actually there were two patches,
> and the second patch was unifying x86-32 with x86-64 but it
> was doable as far as I remember.

Patch is fine for me. I did the original code, but you're right
it's unlikely the EFLAGS will ever be extended.

Acked-by: Andi Kleen <ak@...ux.intel.com>

-Andi
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