linux-kernel - Re: [RFC PATCH for 4.15 04/24] Restartable sequences: x86 32/64 architecture support

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Message-ID: <1390396579.17843.1511113291117.JavaMail.zimbra@efficios.com>
Date:   Sun, 19 Nov 2017 17:41:31 +0000 (UTC)
From:   Mathieu Desnoyers <mathieu.desnoyers@...icios.com>
To:     Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>
Cc:     Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>,
        "Paul E. McKenney" <paulmck@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>,
        Boqun Feng <boqun.feng@...il.com>,
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        Dave Watson <davejwatson@...com>,
        linux-kernel <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
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        Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
        Russell King <linux@....linux.org.uk>,
        Ingo Molnar <mingo@...hat.com>,
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        Catalin Marinas <catalin.marinas@....com>,
        Will Deacon <will.deacon@....com>,
        Michael Kerrisk <mtk.manpages@...il.com>
Subject: Re: [RFC PATCH for 4.15 04/24] Restartable sequences: x86 32/64
 architecture support

----- On Nov 16, 2017, at 4:14 PM, Thomas Gleixner tglx@...utronix.de wrote:

> On Tue, 14 Nov 2017, Mathieu Desnoyers wrote:
> 
> Please fix the subject line:
> 
> x86: Add support for restartable sequences
> 
> or something like that.
> 
> And for the actual rseq patches please come up with a proper short
> susbsytem prefix for restartable sequences. There is no point in occupying
> half of the subject space for a prefix.

ok. done.

> 
> Other than that.
> 
> Reviewed-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>

Thanks! Should I apply the reviewed-by only to the x86 patches,
or patch 01 (rseq: Introduce restartable sequences system call)
as well ?

Thanks,

Mathieu

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Mathieu Desnoyers
EfficiOS Inc.
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