From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1755772Ab1LEKYG (ORCPT ); Mon, 5 Dec 2011 05:24:06 -0500 Received: from mx3.mail.elte.hu ([157.181.1.138]:46041 "EHLO mx3.mail.elte.hu" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1754612Ab1LEKYE (ORCPT ); Mon, 5 Dec 2011 05:24:04 -0500 Date: Mon, 5 Dec 2011 11:22:23 +0100 From: Ingo Molnar To: Hans Rosenfeld Cc: hpa@zytor.com, tglx@linutronix.de, suresh.b.siddha@intel.com, eranian@google.com, brgerst@gmail.com, robert.richter@amd.com, Andreas.Herrmann3@amd.com, x86@kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: [PATCH 0/9] rework of extended state handling, LWP support Message-ID: <20111205102223.GA3143@elte.hu> References: <1322570488-21798-1-git-send-email-hans.rosenfeld@amd.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <1322570488-21798-1-git-send-email-hans.rosenfeld@amd.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.21 (2010-09-15) X-ELTE-SpamScore: -2.0 X-ELTE-SpamLevel: X-ELTE-SpamCheck: no X-ELTE-SpamVersion: ELTE 2.0 X-ELTE-SpamCheck-Details: score=-2.0 required=5.9 tests=BAYES_00 autolearn=no SpamAssassin version=3.3.1 -2.0 BAYES_00 BODY: Bayes spam probability is 0 to 1% [score: 0.0000] Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org * Hans Rosenfeld wrote: > These patches were built and tested against 3.1. The older RFC > patches that have been lingering in tip/x86/xsave for the last > few months should be removed. They have been lingering because of negative review feedback i have given to you about LWP. I'm not convinced about the current form of abstraction that this patch-set offers. See this past discussion from half a year ago: Subject: Re: [RFC v3 0/8] x86, xsave: rework of extended state handling, LWP support We can and should do better than that. Thanks, Ingo