linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 0/3, v2] x86: xor-block handling adjustments

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Message-ID: <20130125082530.GE25314@gmail.com>
Date:	Fri, 25 Jan 2013 09:25:30 +0100
From:	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...nel.org>
To:	Jan Beulich <JBeulich@...e.com>
Cc:	"H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>, mingo@...e.hu,
	tglx@...utronix.de, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 0/3, v2] x86: xor-block handling adjustments


* Jan Beulich <JBeulich@...e.com> wrote:

> >>> On 24.01.13 at 18:32, "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com> wrote:
> > On 01/24/2013 11:15 AM, Ingo Molnar wrote:
> >> 
> >> * Jan Beulich <JBeulich@...e.com> wrote:
> >> 
> >>> v2 of this series is merely updated on top of the changes between
> >>> 3.6 and 3.7-rc (which includes the dropping of what previously was
> >>> the second patch in a four patch series).
> >>>
> >>> 1: unify SSE-base xor-block routines
> >>> 2: add alternative SSE implementation only prefetching once per 64-byte line
> >>> 3: make virtualization friendly
> >>>
> >>> Signed-off-by: Jan Beulich <jbeulich@...e.com>
> >> 
> >> Looks useful. Wondering what the status is: hpa, was your 
> >> concern resolved, do you think we can apply these?
> >> 
> > 
> > I don't see anything wrong, except that I can't *find* patch 
> > 3/3 either in my inbox nor on LKML...

I think it's just that this is an older thread I found, possibly 
out of your folder already.

They are looking good to me and I've applied them to x86/asm to 
give it some testing as well. Please holler if you see something 
funny.

Thanks,

	Ingo
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