From: Andreas Herrmann <herrmann.der.user@googlemail.com>
To: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
Cc: "Hans Rosenfeld" <hans.rosenfeld@amd.com>,
"hpa@zytor.com" <hpa@zytor.com>,
"x86@kernel.org" <x86@kernel.org>,
"linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>,
"Robert Richter" <robert.richter@amd.com>,
"Thomas Gleixner" <tglx@linutronix.de>,
"Peter Zijlstra" <a.p.zijlstra@chello.nl>,
"Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo" <acme@redhat.com>,
"Frédéric Weisbecker" <fweisbec@gmail.com>,
"Steven Rostedt" <rostedt@goodmis.org>
Subject: Re: [RFC v3 0/8] x86, xsave: rework of extended state handling, LWP support
Date: Wed, 18 May 2011 20:02:24 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20110518180224.GA24932@alberich.amd.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20110517113020.GA13475@elte.hu>
On Tue, May 17, 2011 at 01:30:20PM +0200, Ingo Molnar wrote:
>
> * Hans Rosenfeld <hans.rosenfeld@amd.com> wrote:
>
> > Hi,
> >
> > On Thu, Apr 07, 2011 at 03:23:05AM -0400, Ingo Molnar wrote:
> > >
> > > FYI, the bits in tip:x86/xsave crash on boot on an AMD X2 testbox:
> >
> > > Full crashlog and kernel config attached. I've excluded x86/save from
> > > tip:master for now.
> >
> > this issue has been fixed a few weeks ago.
> >
> > Are there any plans to include x86/xsave into tip:master again?
>
> Regarding the LWP bits, that branch was indeed excluded because of that crash,
> while re-checking the branch today i noticed at least one serious design error
> in it, which makes me reconsider the whole thing:
Independend of all the concerns and useful comments regarding LWP ...
it seems to me that patches 1-7 are still of use (cleaning up the
save/restore code making it more maintainable).
Wouldn't it make sense to add patches 1-7 to a branch that is tested
with linux-next to find potential regressions?
Andreas
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2011-05-18 18:02 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 48+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2011-03-09 19:14 [RFC 0/8] rework of extended state handling, LWP support Hans Rosenfeld
2011-03-09 19:14 ` [RFC 1/8] x86, xsave: cleanup fpu/xsave support Hans Rosenfeld
2011-03-09 19:14 ` [RFC 2/8] x86, xsave: rework " Hans Rosenfeld
2011-03-09 19:14 ` [RFC 3/8] x86, xsave: cleanup fpu/xsave signal frame setup Hans Rosenfeld
2011-03-09 19:14 ` [RFC 4/8] x86, xsave: remove unused code Hans Rosenfeld
2011-03-09 19:14 ` [RFC 5/8] x86, xsave: more cleanups Hans Rosenfeld
2011-03-09 19:15 ` [RFC 6/8] x86, xsave: add support for non-lazy xstates Hans Rosenfeld
2011-03-09 19:15 ` [RFC 7/8] x86, xsave: add kernel support for AMDs Lightweight Profiling (LWP) Hans Rosenfeld
2011-03-09 19:15 ` [RFC 8/8] x86, xsave: remove lazy allocation of xstate area Hans Rosenfeld
2011-03-23 15:27 ` [RFC v2 0/8] x86, xsave: rework of extended state handling, LWP support Hans Rosenfeld
2011-03-23 15:27 ` [RFC v2 1/8] x86, xsave: cleanup fpu/xsave support Hans Rosenfeld
2011-03-23 15:27 ` [RFC v2 2/8] x86, xsave: rework " Hans Rosenfeld
2011-03-23 15:27 ` [RFC v2 3/8] x86, xsave: cleanup fpu/xsave signal frame setup Hans Rosenfeld
2011-03-23 15:27 ` [RFC v2 4/8] x86, xsave: remove unused code Hans Rosenfeld
2011-03-23 15:27 ` [RFC v2 5/8] x86, xsave: more cleanups Hans Rosenfeld
2011-03-23 15:27 ` [RFC v2 6/8] x86, xsave: add support for non-lazy xstates Hans Rosenfeld
2011-03-23 15:27 ` [RFC v2 7/8] x86, xsave: add kernel support for AMDs Lightweight Profiling (LWP) Hans Rosenfeld
2011-03-23 15:27 ` [RFC v2 8/8] x86, xsave: remove lazy allocation of xstate area Hans Rosenfeld
2011-03-24 11:39 ` Brian Gerst
2011-03-29 14:17 ` Hans Rosenfeld
2011-03-29 15:27 ` H. Peter Anvin
2011-03-30 13:11 ` Hans Rosenfeld
2011-04-05 15:50 ` [RFC v3 0/8] x86, xsave: rework of extended state handling, LWP support Hans Rosenfeld
2011-04-07 7:23 ` Ingo Molnar
2011-04-07 15:30 ` Hans Rosenfeld
2011-04-07 16:08 ` [RFC v4 6/8] x86, xsave: add support for non-lazy xstates Hans Rosenfeld
2011-04-07 16:08 ` [RFC v4 8/8] x86, xsave: remove lazy allocation of xstate area Hans Rosenfeld
2011-04-13 10:58 ` [PATCH] x86, xsave: fix non-lazy allocation of the xsave area Hans Rosenfeld
2011-04-13 23:21 ` H. Peter Anvin
2011-04-15 16:47 ` [PATCH 1/1] " Hans Rosenfeld
2011-05-16 19:10 ` [RFC v3 0/8] x86, xsave: rework of extended state handling, LWP support Hans Rosenfeld
2011-05-17 11:30 ` Ingo Molnar
2011-05-17 15:22 ` Hans Rosenfeld
2011-05-18 11:22 ` Ingo Molnar
2011-05-18 13:51 ` Ingo Molnar
2011-05-18 8:16 ` Joerg Roedel
2011-05-18 10:59 ` Ingo Molnar
2011-05-18 18:02 ` Andreas Herrmann [this message]
2011-04-05 15:50 ` [RFC v3 1/8] x86, xsave: cleanup fpu/xsave support Hans Rosenfeld
2011-04-05 15:50 ` [RFC v3 2/8] x86, xsave: rework " Hans Rosenfeld
2011-04-05 15:50 ` [RFC v3 3/8] x86, xsave: cleanup fpu/xsave signal frame setup Hans Rosenfeld
2011-04-05 15:50 ` [RFC v3 4/8] x86, xsave: remove unused code Hans Rosenfeld
2011-04-05 15:50 ` [RFC v3 5/8] x86, xsave: more cleanups Hans Rosenfeld
2011-04-05 15:50 ` [RFC v3 6/8] x86, xsave: add support for non-lazy xstates Hans Rosenfeld
2011-04-05 15:50 ` [RFC v3 7/8] x86, xsave: add kernel support for AMDs Lightweight Profiling (LWP) Hans Rosenfeld
2011-04-06 22:06 ` [tip:x86/xsave] " tip-bot for Hans Rosenfeld
2011-04-05 15:50 ` [RFC v3 8/8] x86, xsave: remove lazy allocation of xstate area Hans Rosenfeld
2011-04-06 22:06 ` [tip:x86/xsave] " tip-bot for Hans Rosenfeld
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