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

Paul E. McKenney
2015-01-07T16:12:58Z

On Wed, Jan 07, 2015 at 07:51:26AM -0800, Andy Lutomirski wrote:
> 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.

I normally send it to -tip at about -rc5. Which is coming right up,
isn't it? Guess I had better get my tree organized. ;-)

Thanx, Paul

> --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.
> > --
>
>
>
> --
> Andy Lutomirski
> AMA Capital Management, LLC
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