linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 1/6] s390/alternative: use a copy of the facility bit mask

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Message-ID: <d193d0eb-8b76-790a-a039-9cf1ee0966e9@redhat.com>
Date:   Wed, 17 Jan 2018 14:54:49 +0100
From:   David Hildenbrand <david@...hat.com>
To:     Martin Schwidefsky <schwidefsky@...ibm.com>,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-s390@...r.kernel.org,
        kvm@...r.kernel.org
Cc:     Heiko Carstens <heiko.carstens@...ibm.com>,
        Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@...hat.com>,
        Cornelia Huck <cohuck@...hat.com>,
        Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
        Jon Masters <jcm@...hat.com>,
        Marcus Meissner <meissner@...e.de>,
        Jiri Kosina <jkosina@...e.cz>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/6] s390/alternative: use a copy of the facility bit mask

On 17.01.2018 10:48, Martin Schwidefsky wrote:
> To be able to switch off specific CPU alternatives with kernel parameters
> make a copy of the facility bit mask provided by STFLE and use the copy
> for the decision to apply an alternative.
> 
> Reviewed-by: Christian Borntraeger <borntraeger@...ibm.com>
> Signed-off-by: Martin Schwidefsky <schwidefsky@...ibm.com>
> ---

Reviewed-by: David Hildenbrand <david@...hat.com>

-- 

Thanks,

David / dhildenb