linux-kernel - Re: [RFC PATCH 0/4] x86/percpu: Use segment qualifiers

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Message-ID: <CAHk-=wg5kiiJ+LUChmw73mmi-=uyQrAO-fBTG6yr2ON_UnAoPg@mail.gmail.com>
Date:   Tue, 3 Oct 2023 14:43:44 -0700
From:   Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>
To:     Ingo Molnar <mingo@...nel.org>
Cc:     Uros Bizjak <ubizjak@...il.com>, x86@...nel.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, Andy Lutomirski <luto@...nel.org>,
        Nadav Amit <namit@...are.com>, Brian Gerst <brgerst@...il.com>,
        Denys Vlasenko <dvlasenk@...hat.com>,
        "H . Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>,
        Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>,
        Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
        Borislav Petkov <bp@...en8.de>,
        Josh Poimboeuf <jpoimboe@...hat.com>
Subject: Re: [RFC PATCH 0/4] x86/percpu: Use segment qualifiers

On Tue, 3 Oct 2023 at 12:43, Ingo Molnar <mingo@...nel.org> wrote:
>
> So we could do this: we let it live in -tip for a cycle, in a separate
> branch, and observe what happens - it gets picked up by -next on
> a daily basis and most x86 developers test it. It won't be merged by other
> branches in -tip, it won't be pulled by others or relied on. If it
> conflicts with other bits we rebase it cleanly, no questions asked.

Sounds like a plan,

              Linus