From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1946708Ab3BHQYd (ORCPT ); Fri, 8 Feb 2013 11:24:33 -0500 Received: from mga09.intel.com ([134.134.136.24]:51566 "EHLO mga09.intel.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1946552Ab3BHQYc (ORCPT ); Fri, 8 Feb 2013 11:24:32 -0500 X-ExtLoop1: 1 X-IronPort-AV: E=Sophos;i="4.84,630,1355126400"; d="scan'208";a="259776230" Date: Fri, 8 Feb 2013 18:24:27 +0200 From: Ville =?iso-8859-1?Q?Syrj=E4l=E4?= To: "H. Peter Anvin" Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, x86@kernel.org, Thomas Gleixner , Ingo Molnar , Linus Torvalds , Jamie Lokier Subject: Re: [PATCH] x86: Add support for 64bit get_user() on x86-32 Message-ID: <20130208162427.GG9135@intel.com> References: <1355312043-11467-1-git-send-email-ville.syrjala@linux.intel.com> <20130207165347.GF9135@intel.com> <5113EB64.2080002@zytor.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit In-Reply-To: <5113EB64.2080002@zytor.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.21 (2010-09-15) Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Thu, Feb 07, 2013 at 09:59:00AM -0800, H. Peter Anvin wrote: > On 02/07/2013 08:53 AM, Ville Syrjälä wrote: > > > > Based on the initial response there seems to be some interest towards > > it at least. So I'm wondering what's the next step. Is it OK as is, > > or does it need more work, or would people want to extend it to include > > more of the original work? > > > > I have quite a lot of other stuff on my plate currently, so it'd > > actually be nice if I could find someone to adopt this patch, > > especially if there's interest in increasing the scope. > > > > Well, we can put it in and see what happens. It looks good from what I > can see. > > How have you tested it? I've tried it with my drm/kms atomic pageflip/modeset code. I also had a small test module that did a couple of different sized get_user() calls, but I'll be damned if I can find it again. -- Ville Syrjälä Intel OTC