Re: [PATCH 0/9] x86-64 put current in r10

Arjan van de Ven
2005-11-30T13:32:57Z

On Wed, 2005-11-30 at 14:02 +0100, Andi Kleen wrote:
> On Tue, Nov 29, 2005 at 11:21:18PM -0500, Benjamin LaHaise wrote:
> > Hello Andi,
> >
> > The following emails contain the patches to convert x86-64 to store current
> > in r10 (also at http://www.kvack.org/~bcrl/patches/v2.6.15-rc3/). This
> > provides a significant amount of code savings (~43KB) over the current
> > use of the per cpu data area. I also tested using r15, but that generated
> > code that was larger than that generated with r10. This code seems to be
> > working well for me now (it stands up to 32 and 64 bit processes and ptrace
> > users) and would be a good candidate for further exposure.
>
> Looks good thanks. It will need longer testing though.

is it -mm ready?