linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v8 2/2] lib: checksum: Use aligned accesses for ip_fast_csum and csum_ipv6

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Date: Thu, 15 Feb 2024 21:00:00 -0800
From: Guenter Roeck <linux@...ck-us.net>
To: Charlie Jenkins <charlie@...osinc.com>
Cc: John David Anglin <dave.anglin@...l.net>,
 David Laight <David.Laight@...lab.com>, Palmer Dabbelt <palmer@...belt.com>,
 Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>, Helge Deller <deller@....de>,
 "James E.J. Bottomley" <James.Bottomley@...senpartnership.com>,
 Parisc List <linux-parisc@...r.kernel.org>, Al Viro
 <viro@...iv.linux.org.uk>,
 "linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v8 2/2] lib: checksum: Use aligned accesses for
 ip_fast_csum and csum_ipv6_magic tests

On 2/15/24 11:42, Charlie Jenkins wrote:
[ ... ]
> Seems like a promising direction.
> 
> It feels like we have hit a point when we should "close" this thread and
> start potentially a couple new ones to correct the behavior of
> saving/restoring the PSW and this behavior with unwind.
> 

No need. Found it. It was a qemu problem. Kind of obvious, like hiding in plain sight.
  I'll send a patch shortly.

> I don't know what the proper etiquitte is for reverting back to a
> previous patch, should I send a v9 that is just the same as the v7?
> 

Not sure if there is one. Just go ahead and send v9, and tell the maintainer
to yell at me.

Guenter