linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 0/8] x86 signal code cleanups

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Date:   Wed, 29 Jun 2022 11:21:17 -0400
From:   Brian Gerst <brgerst@...il.com>
To:     Andy Lutomirski <luto@...nel.org>
Cc:     Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        "the arch/x86 maintainers" <x86@...nel.org>,
        Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
        Borislav Petkov <bp@...en8.de>,
        "H . Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>,
        Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>,
        "Eric W . Biederman" <ebiederm@...ssion.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 0/8] x86 signal code cleanups

On Tue, Jun 28, 2022 at 7:23 PM Andy Lutomirski <luto@...nel.org> wrote:
>
> On 6/6/22 13:37, Brian Gerst wrote:
> > The 32-bit signal code has significant differences from 64-bit, and
> > those are duplicated for native and compat modes.  This patch series
> > merges the 32-bit code into one file, and does some general cleanups
> > in the x86 signal code.  There should be no functional changes.
> >
>
> This looks generally sane.  What kind of testing have you done?

I ran all of the self tests, did a parallel kernel build, and general
usage like web browsing.  Do you have any suggestions for other tests?

--
Brian Gerst