linux-kernel - Re: [RFC PATCH 0/7] x86/entry: Create a home for the x86 entry code in arch/x86/entry/

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Message-ID: <CALCETrXCjbmSyHd_wpzjOPBFS5WYbujC84cChQbU+Cq4F8uxRw@mail.gmail.com>
Date:	Wed, 3 Jun 2015 10:07:07 -0700
From:	Andy Lutomirski <luto@...capital.net>
To:	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...nel.org>
Cc:	"linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Denys Vlasenko <dvlasenk@...hat.com>,
	Brian Gerst <brgerst@...il.com>,
	Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>,
	Borislav Petkov <bp@...en8.de>,
	"H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>,
	Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Oleg Nesterov <oleg@...hat.com>,
	Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>
Subject: Re: [RFC PATCH 0/7] x86/entry: Create a home for the x86 entry code
 in arch/x86/entry/

On Wed, Jun 3, 2015 at 9:59 AM, Ingo Molnar <mingo@...nel.org> wrote:
> So the x86 syscall/irq/etc. entry code is scattered in
> over 40 files all over the x86 architecture, making it
> hard to get a good overview of the code and its current
> status.
>
> Move all the files to arch/x86/entry/.
>
> This first step is as-is, no file names were changed - but the next
> step will be to organize things in a bit more maintainable fashion.

Sort of like this?

https://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/luto/linux.git/commit/?h=x86/entry&id=d9e37f908e8788c6d50959257f95e279ebdc821d

/me cringes at the impending rebase.

Anyway, I like this series except patch 7.

--Andy
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