linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] x86, mce: Get rid of TIF_MCE

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Date:	Wed, 7 Jan 2015 07:51:26 -0800
From:	Andy Lutomirski <luto@...capital.net>
To:	Borislav Petkov <bp@...en8.de>,
	Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...hat.com>
Cc:	"Luck, Tony" <tony.luck@...el.com>,
	Paul McKenney <paulmck@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>,
	X86 ML <x86@...nel.org>,
	Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>,
	"linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>,
	Oleg Nesterov <oleg@...hat.com>,
	Andi Kleen <andi@...stfloor.org>,
	Josh Triplett <josh@...htriplett.org>,
	Frédéric Weisbecker <fweisbec@...il.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] x86, mce: Get rid of TIF_MCE_NOTIFY and associated mce tricks

On Wed, Jan 7, 2015 at 4:13 AM, Borislav Petkov <bp@...en8.de> wrote:
> On Tue, Jan 06, 2015 at 06:00:08PM +0000, Luck, Tony wrote:
>> That's fine with me.  Boris ... any comments?
>
> Same here:
>
> Acked-by: Borislav Petkov <bp@...e.de>
>
> I like negative diffstats:
>
>  include/asm/mce.h         |    1
>  include/asm/thread_info.h |    4 -
>  kernel/cpu/mcheck/mce.c   |  109 ++++++++++------------------------------------
>  kernel/signal.c           |    6 --
>  4 files changed, 26 insertions(+), 94 deletions(-)
>
> Procedural question: so this is going in, in the next merge window,
> aimed at 3.20, right?

Yes, assuming that Ingo and Thomas agree.

When does Paul usually send the rcu pull request?  I can send these as
a pull request or an emailed series after that happens.

--Andy

>
> IMO that is a good plan as we have max time to deal with fallout, should
> there be any.
>
> Thanks.
>
> --
> Regards/Gruss,
>     Boris.
>
> Sent from a fat crate under my desk. Formatting is fine.
> --



-- 
Andy Lutomirski
AMA Capital Management, LLC
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