linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v2 2/5] Numachip: APIC fixes

lists.openwall.net		lists / announce owl-users owl-dev john-users john-dev passwdqc-users yescrypt popa3d-users / oss-security kernel-hardening musl sabotage tlsify passwords / crypt-dev xvendor / Bugtraq Full-Disclosure linux-kernel linux-netdev linux-ext4 linux-hardening linux-cve-announce PHC
Open Source and information security mailing list archives

Hash Suite: Windows password security audit tool. GUI, reports in PDF.

[<prev] [next>] [<thread-prev] [thread-next>] [day] [month] [year] [list]

Message-ID: <20141019092448.GA29407@gmail.com>
Date:	Sun, 19 Oct 2014 11:24:48 +0200
From:	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...nel.org>
To:	Daniel J Blueman <daniel@...ascale.com>
Cc:	Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...hat.com>,
	"H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>,
	Bjorn Helgaas <bhelgaas@...gle.com>, x86@...nel.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-pci@...r.kernel.org,
	Steffen Persvold <sp@...ascale.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 2/5] Numachip: APIC fixes


* Daniel J Blueman <daniel@...ascale.com> wrote:

> Fix 16-bit APIC ID truncation and redundant APIC ICR idle polling for IPI
> to self (AMD64 APICs are documented in the system developer manuals to
> queue APIC writes).

That is again two fixes - there should be one fix per patch, with 
a good description of what the effects of the bug were and what 
the advantages of the change are - for each change separately.

Thanks,

	Ingo
--
To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in
the body of a message to majordomo@...r.kernel.org
More majordomo info at  http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
Please read the FAQ at  http://www.tux.org/lkml/