linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v22 16/24] x86/vdso: Add support for exception fixup in vDSO functions

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Message-ID: <20191002234512.GA16514@linux.intel.com>
Date:   Thu, 3 Oct 2019 02:45:12 +0300
From:   Jarkko Sakkinen <jarkko.sakkinen@...ux.intel.com>
To:     linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, x86@...nel.org,
        linux-sgx@...r.kernel.org
Cc:     akpm@...ux-foundation.org, dave.hansen@...el.com,
        sean.j.christopherson@...el.com, nhorman@...hat.com,
        npmccallum@...hat.com, serge.ayoun@...el.com,
        shay.katz-zamir@...el.com, haitao.huang@...el.com,
        andriy.shevchenko@...ux.intel.com, tglx@...utronix.de,
        kai.svahn@...el.com, bp@...en8.de, josh@...htriplett.org,
        luto@...nel.org, kai.huang@...el.com, rientjes@...gle.com,
        cedric.xing@...el.com, Andy Lutomirski <luto@...capital.net>,
        Dave Hansen <dave.hansen@...ux.intel.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v22 16/24] x86/vdso: Add support for exception fixup in
 vDSO functions

On Thu, Oct 03, 2019 at 02:18:04AM +0300, Jarkko Sakkinen wrote:
> It would be even better to delete it completely than have it in the
> current form. I would suggest that you do that and concentrate writing
> steps 1-4 that I described above.

To compensate my rather harsh (but correct) comments on the commit
message, the code change is something that I'm more than happy with.

It is only the commit message that sucks.

/Jarkko