linux-kernel - Re: [PATCHv2 0/4] x86, entry: some cleanup and simplification...

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Message-ID: <CAK1hOcNG8AfAa=m_KTPSV7fZWcymiXAeZrcwmtThowM-eafc7g@mail.gmail.com>
Date:	Wed, 21 Jan 2015 14:26:55 +0100
From:	Denys Vlasenko <vda.linux@...glemail.com>
To:	Alexander van Heukelum <heukelum@...tmail.fm>
Cc:	Borislav Petkov <bp@...e.de>,
	Andy Lutomirski <luto@...capital.net>, X86 ML <x86@...nel.org>,
	Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Frederic Weisbecker <fweisbec@...il.com>,
	Oleg Nesterov <oleg@...hat.com>,
	Rik van Riel <riel@...hat.com>,
	Denys Vlasenko <dvlasenk@...hat.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCHv2 0/4] x86, entry: some cleanup and simplification...

On Sun, Jan 18, 2015 at 4:47 PM, Alexander van Heukelum
<heukelum@...tmail.fm> wrote:
> On Sun, Jan 18, 2015, at 13:05, Borislav Petkov wrote:
>> Hi,
>>
>> btw, you might wanna sync with Denys who's doing cleanups in that area too:
>>
>> https://lkml.kernel.org/r/1421272101-16847-1-git-send-email-dvlasenk@redhat.com
>>
>> and touching some of the stuff you're changing too.
>
> Thanks. FWIW, the change touches the same area in code, but is orthogonal in concept.

My patches eventually eliminate both ARGOFFSET and KERNEL_STACK_OFFSET.
For example, eventually TI_flags tests look like this after all my patches:

testl $const, TI_flags+THREAD_INFO(%rsp,SIZEOF_PTREGS)

Your patches massage the same defines in a different way than mine do.
We clearly have a conflict here.
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