From: "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@zytor.com>
To: Steven Rostedt <rostedt@goodmis.org>
Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>,
Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>,
Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>,
Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org>,
Brian Gerst <brgerst@gmail.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 0/4 v2] [GIT PULL][v3.2] x86: Consolidate 32 and 64 bit thread_info
Date: Fri, 05 Aug 2011 19:04:29 -0700 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <4E3CA12D.1030408@zytor.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20110806011102.721109343@goodmis.org>
On 08/05/2011 06:11 PM, Steven Rostedt wrote:
>
> Thomas, Ingo, and Peter(s),
>
> On IRC, Peter Zijlstra mentioned to me the difference between
> 32bit and 64bit x86 on how thread_info is handled with interrupts.
> I mentioned that they should be more the same, and Peter agreed.
>
> I decided to do so, and ended up with the following patches.
> I marked this for v3.2 as it should be tested a bit before going into
> mainline. I've ran several configs on it, but more testing should be done.
>
> Some of the patches are clean ups, but the main ones are patch 3 and 4
> that do the work to convert 32bit of thread_info to be more like
> the 64bit.
>
Hi Steven,
I'd like to wait until the merge window is over with pulling in 3.2
material ... nothing personal or technical, just to simplify management.
-hpa
--
H. Peter Anvin, Intel Open Source Technology Center
I work for Intel. I don't speak on their behalf.
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Thread overview: 23+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2011-08-06 1:11 [PATCH 0/4 v2] [GIT PULL][v3.2] x86: Consolidate 32 and 64 bit thread_info Steven Rostedt
2011-08-06 1:11 ` [PATCH 1/4 v2] x86: Nuke the supervisor_stack field in i386 thread_info Steven Rostedt
2011-08-06 1:11 ` [PATCH 2/4 v2] x86: Remove previous_esp from i386 thread_info structure Steven Rostedt
2011-08-06 1:11 ` [PATCH 3/4 v2] x86: Keep thread_info on thread stack in x86_32 Steven Rostedt
2011-08-06 1:11 ` [PATCH 4/4 v2] x86: Clean up dumpstack_64.c code Steven Rostedt
2011-08-06 2:04 ` H. Peter Anvin [this message]
2011-08-08 21:23 ` [PATCH 0/4 v2] [GIT PULL][v3.2] x86: Consolidate 32 and 64 bit thread_info Steven Rostedt
2011-08-19 2:01 ` Steven Rostedt
2011-08-19 5:17 ` H. Peter Anvin
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2014-02-06 14:41 [PATCH 0/5] [GIT PULL] x86: Consolidate 32 and 64 bit thead_info (again) Steven Rostedt
2014-02-06 14:41 ` [PATCH 1/5] x86: Nuke the supervisor_stack field in i386 thread_info Steven Rostedt
2014-03-07 1:00 ` [tip:x86/threadinfo] " tip-bot for Steven Rostedt
2014-02-06 14:41 ` [PATCH 2/5] x86: Nuke GET_THREAD_INFO_WITH_ESP() macro for i386 Steven Rostedt
2014-03-07 1:00 ` [tip:x86/threadinfo] " tip-bot for Steven Rostedt (Red Hat)
2014-02-06 14:41 ` [PATCH 3/5] x86: Prepare removal of previous_esp from i386 thread_info structure Steven Rostedt
2014-03-07 1:01 ` [tip:x86/threadinfo] " tip-bot for Steven Rostedt
2014-02-06 14:41 ` [PATCH 4/5] x86: Keep thread_info on thread stack in x86_32 Steven Rostedt
2014-03-07 1:01 ` [tip:x86/threadinfo] " tip-bot for Steven Rostedt
2014-03-07 7:52 ` [PATCH] x86: redo "x86: Use inline assembler to get sp" Mathias Krause
2014-03-11 0:36 ` [tip:x86/threadinfo] x86, threadinfo: Redo " tip-bot for Mathias Krause
2014-02-06 14:41 ` [PATCH 5/5] x86: Clean up dumpstack_64.c code Steven Rostedt
2014-03-07 1:01 ` [tip:x86/threadinfo] " tip-bot for Steven Rostedt
2014-02-28 13:52 ` [PATCH 0/5] [GIT PULL] x86: Consolidate 32 and 64 bit thead_info (again) Steven Rostedt
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