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

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Message-ID: <CAFULd4a6c7YMG=0KHGzKVZCzhqxDY13RTBJMprQ43tqve_FQxg@mail.gmail.com>
Date:   Wed, 4 Oct 2023 08:01:41 +0200
From:   Uros Bizjak <ubizjak@...il.com>
To:     Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>
Cc:     Ingo Molnar <mingo@...nel.org>, 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, Oct 3, 2023 at 11:44 PM Linus Torvalds
<torvalds@...ux-foundation.org> wrote:
>
> 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,

Thanks!

Will send a patchset with the config change later today.

Uros.