linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v2 01/10] x86/ldt: Simplify LDT switching logic

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Message-ID: <1497552803.20270.96.camel@redhat.com>
Date:   Thu, 15 Jun 2017 14:53:23 -0400
From:   Rik van Riel <riel@...hat.com>
To:     Andy Lutomirski <luto@...nel.org>, x86@...nel.org
Cc:     linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, Borislav Petkov <bp@...en8.de>,
        Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>,
        Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
        Mel Gorman <mgorman@...e.de>,
        "linux-mm@...ck.org" <linux-mm@...ck.org>,
        Nadav Amit <nadav.amit@...il.com>,
        Dave Hansen <dave.hansen@...el.com>,
        Arjan van de Ven <arjan@...ux.intel.com>,
        Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 01/10] x86/ldt: Simplify LDT switching logic

On Tue, 2017-06-13 at 21:56 -0700, Andy Lutomirski wrote:

> Simplify the code to update LDTR if either the previous or the next
> mm has an LDT, i.e. effectively restore the historical logic..
> While we're at it, clean up the code by moving all the ifdeffery to
> a header where it belongs.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Andy Lutomirski <luto@...nel.org>

Acked-by: Rik van Riel <riel@...hat.com>

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