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

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Date:	Mon, 27 Aug 2012 21:17:21 +0400
From:	Cyrill Gorcunov <gorcunov@...nvz.org>
To:	Andi Kleen <ak@...ux.intel.com>
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>,
	Ian Campbell <ian.campbell@...rix.com>
Subject: Re: [RFC] x86: drop unnecessary kernel_eflags variable from 64 bit

On Mon, Aug 27, 2012 at 10:14:38AM -0700, Andi Kleen wrote:
> 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>

Thanks for review, Andi!
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