linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 11/49] x86/alternatives: Remove the confusing, inaccurate & unnecessary 'temp_mm_state

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Message-ID: <20250401143624.GI5880@noisy.programming.kicks-ass.net>
Date: Tue, 1 Apr 2025 16:36:24 +0200
From: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>
To: Ingo Molnar <mingo@...nel.org>
Cc: linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, Juergen Gross <jgross@...e.com>,
	"H . Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>,
	Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Borislav Petkov <bp@...en8.de>,
	Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 11/49] x86/alternatives: Remove the confusing, inaccurate
 & unnecessary 'temp_mm_state_t' abstraction

On Fri, Mar 28, 2025 at 02:26:26PM +0100, Ingo Molnar wrote:
> So the temp_mm_state_t abstraction used by use_temporary_mm() and
> unuse_temporary_mm() is super confusing:

I thing I see what you're saying, but we also still have these patches
pending:

  https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20241119162527.952745944@infradead.org

:-(