linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] x86: mpx: move bd_addr to mm_context

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Date:   Fri, 16 Dec 2016 07:19:11 -0800
From:   Dave Hansen <dave.hansen@...ux.intel.com>
To:     Mark Rutland <mark.rutland@....com>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Cc:     Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
        "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>, Ingo Molnar <mingo@...hat.com>,
        Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] x86: mpx: move bd_addr to mm_context_t

On 12/16/2016 04:40 AM, Mark Rutland wrote:
> Other x86-specific context like the pkey accounting data lives in
> mm_context_t, and there's no readon the MPX data can't also live there.
> So as to keep the arch-specific data togather, and to set a good example
> for others, this patch moves bd_addr into x86's mm_context_t.

Makes total sense to me.

Acked-by: Dave Hansen <dave.hansen@...ux.intel.com>