Re: [PATCH] x86, mce: Get rid of TIF_MCE_NOTIFY and associated mce tricks

Andy Lutomirski
2015-01-07T15:51:50Z

On Wed, Jan 7, 2015 at 4:13 AM, Borislav Petkov <bp@alien8.de> wrote:
> On Tue, Jan 06, 2015 at 06:00:08PM +0000, Luck, Tony wrote:
>> That's fine with me. Boris ... any comments?
>
> Same here:
>
> Acked-by: Borislav Petkov <bp@suse.de>
>
> I like negative diffstats:
>
> include/asm/mce.h | 1
> include/asm/thread_info.h | 4 -
> kernel/cpu/mcheck/mce.c | 109 ++++++++++------------------------------------
> kernel/signal.c | 6 --
> 4 files changed, 26 insertions(+), 94 deletions(-)
>
> Procedural question: so this is going in, in the next merge window,
> aimed at 3.20, right?

Yes, assuming that Ingo and Thomas agree.

When does Paul usually send the rcu pull request? I can send these as
a pull request or an emailed series after that happens.

--Andy

>
> IMO that is a good plan as we have max time to deal with fallout, should
> there be any.
>
> Thanks.
>
> --
> Regards/Gruss,
> Boris.
>
> Sent from a fat crate under my desk. Formatting is fine.
> --

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