From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1754686AbZBUQ0S (ORCPT ); Sat, 21 Feb 2009 11:26:18 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1752123AbZBUQ0I (ORCPT ); Sat, 21 Feb 2009 11:26:08 -0500 Received: from courier.cs.helsinki.fi ([128.214.9.1]:58413 "EHLO mail.cs.helsinki.fi" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751605AbZBUQ0F (ORCPT ); Sat, 21 Feb 2009 11:26:05 -0500 Message-ID: <49A02A23.8000308@cs.helsinki.fi> Date: Sat, 21 Feb 2009 18:21:55 +0200 From: Pekka Enberg User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.19 (Macintosh/20081209) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Vegard Nossum CC: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, linux-mm@kvack.org, Ingo Molnar Subject: Re: [PATCH] kmemcheck: rip out REP instruction emulation References: <1235223364-2097-1-git-send-email-vegard.nossum@gmail.com> <1235223364-2097-3-git-send-email-vegard.nossum@gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <1235223364-2097-3-git-send-email-vegard.nossum@gmail.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Vegard Nossum wrote: > As it turns out, disabling the "fast strings" of the P4 fixed the > REP single-stepping issue, so this code is not needed anymore. > > Celebrate, for we just got rid of a LOT of complexity and pain. > > Signed-off-by: Vegard Nossum Acked-by: Pekka Enberg From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from mail202.messagelabs.com (mail202.messagelabs.com [216.82.254.227]) by kanga.kvack.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7B2716B0085 for ; Sat, 21 Feb 2009 11:26:06 -0500 (EST) Message-ID: <49A02A23.8000308@cs.helsinki.fi> Date: Sat, 21 Feb 2009 18:21:55 +0200 From: Pekka Enberg MIME-Version: 1.0 Subject: Re: [PATCH] kmemcheck: rip out REP instruction emulation References: <1235223364-2097-1-git-send-email-vegard.nossum@gmail.com> <1235223364-2097-3-git-send-email-vegard.nossum@gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <1235223364-2097-3-git-send-email-vegard.nossum@gmail.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-linux-mm@kvack.org To: Vegard Nossum Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, linux-mm@kvack.org, Ingo Molnar List-ID: Vegard Nossum wrote: > As it turns out, disabling the "fast strings" of the P4 fixed the > REP single-stepping issue, so this code is not needed anymore. > > Celebrate, for we just got rid of a LOT of complexity and pain. > > Signed-off-by: Vegard Nossum Acked-by: Pekka Enberg -- To unsubscribe, send a message with 'unsubscribe linux-mm' in the body to majordomo@kvack.org. For more info on Linux MM, see: http://www.linux-mm.org/ . Don't email: email@kvack.org