linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] x86: use builtins to read eflags

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Message-ID: <dccb0cf2-edc1-fb98-d4ca-4f76687b7e6c@zytor.com>
Date:   Mon, 14 Mar 2022 16:09:44 -0700
From:   "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>
To:     Bill Wendling <morbo@...gle.com>,
        Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>
Cc:     Ingo Molnar <mingo@...hat.com>, Borislav Petkov <bp@...en8.de>,
        Dave Hansen <dave.hansen@...ux.intel.com>, x86@...nel.org,
        Nathan Chancellor <nathan@...nel.org>,
        Nick Desaulniers <ndesaulniers@...gle.com>,
        Juergen Gross <jgross@...e.com>,
        Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>,
        Andy Lutomirski <luto@...nel.org>, llvm@...ts.linux.dev,
        LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] x86: use builtins to read eflags

On 12/16/21 11:55, Bill Wendling wrote:
> On Wed, Dec 15, 2021 at 4:57 PM Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de> wrote:
>>
>> Bill,
>>
>> On Wed, Dec 15 2021 at 13:18, Bill Wendling wrote:
>>
>> please always CC the relevant mailing lists, i.e. this lacks a cc:
>> linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
>>
> I thought that was automatically added. But as Peter pointed out in
> another email thread, no one has time to read the LKML, so it seems a
> bit pointless? Nonetheless it's added now.
> 

Consider linux-kernel a distributed archive. Noone reads it in real 
time, but it is really great to be able to search for someone specific 
in one place.

	-hpa