From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from mail-pd0-f171.google.com (mail-pd0-f171.google.com [209.85.192.171]) by kanga.kvack.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6B3E46B0035 for ; Thu, 11 Sep 2014 20:51:14 -0400 (EDT) Received: by mail-pd0-f171.google.com with SMTP id p10so12079pdj.30 for ; Thu, 11 Sep 2014 17:51:14 -0700 (PDT) Received: from mga09.intel.com (mga09.intel.com. [134.134.136.24]) by mx.google.com with ESMTP id v9si4441104pdr.242.2014.09.11.17.51.12 for ; Thu, 11 Sep 2014 17:51:13 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: <54124379.5090502@intel.com> Date: Thu, 11 Sep 2014 17:51:05 -0700 From: Dave Hansen MIME-Version: 1.0 Subject: Re: [PATCH v8 00/10] Intel MPX support References: <1410425210-24789-1-git-send-email-qiaowei.ren@intel.com> In-Reply-To: <1410425210-24789-1-git-send-email-qiaowei.ren@intel.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-linux-mm@kvack.org List-ID: To: Qiaowei Ren , "H. Peter Anvin" , Thomas Gleixner , Ingo Molnar Cc: x86@kernel.org, linux-mm@kvack.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On 09/11/2014 01:46 AM, Qiaowei Ren wrote: > MPX kernel code, namely this patchset, has mainly the 2 responsibilities: > provide handlers for bounds faults (#BR), and manage bounds memory. Qiaowei, We probably need to mention here what "bounds memory" is, and why it has to be managed, and who is responsible for the different pieces. Who allocates the memory? Who fills the memory? When is it freed? Thomas, do you have any other suggestions for things you'd like to see clarified? -- 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