linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v2 -tip] x86/percpu: Use C for arch_raw_cpu

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Message-ID: <CAHk-=wi0mF0sFGweuhGaLyKCT-itO_RgbEcmxkgkwYxEzbHyzQ@mail.gmail.com>
Date:   Mon, 16 Oct 2023 16:14:50 -0700
From:   Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>
To:     Nadav Amit <namit@...are.com>
Cc:     Uros Bizjak <ubizjak@...il.com>,
        "the arch/x86 maintainers" <x86@...nel.org>,
        Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        Andy Lutomirski <luto@...nel.org>,
        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>,
        Josh Poimboeuf <jpoimboe@...hat.com>,
        Nick Desaulniers <ndesaulniers@...gle.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 -tip] x86/percpu: Use C for arch_raw_cpu_ptr()

On Mon, 16 Oct 2023 at 16:02, Linus Torvalds
<torvalds@...ux-foundation.org> wrote:
>
> so I think this is the right thing to do. I checked that the 32-bit
> code builds and looks sane too.

Just to clarify: the 64-bit side I actually booted and am running.

The 32-bit side is pretty much identical, but I only checked that that
'process_32.c' file still builds. I didn't do any other testing.

             Linus