Re: [RFC PATCH 0/7] x86/entry: Create a home for the x86 entry code in arch/x86/entry/

Andy Lutomirski
2015-06-03T17:09:19Z

On Wed, Jun 3, 2015 at 10:07 AM, Andy Lutomirski <luto@amacapital.net> wrote:
> On Wed, Jun 3, 2015 at 9:59 AM, Ingo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org> wrote:
>> So the x86 syscall/irq/etc. entry code is scattered in
>> over 40 files all over the x86 architecture, making it
>> hard to get a good overview of the code and its current
>> status.
>>
>> Move all the files to arch/x86/entry/.
>>
>> This first step is as-is, no file names were changed - but the next
>> step will be to organize things in a bit more maintainable fashion.
>
> Sort of like this?
>
> https://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/luto/linux.git/commit/?h=x86/entry&id=d9e37f908e8788c6d50959257f95e279ebdc821d
>
> /me cringes at the impending rebase.
>
> Anyway, I like this series except patch 7.
>

I can't count. I mean all except patch 3 (the vdso one), not 7.

Although arch/x86/entry might be less of a mouthful.

> --Andy

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