From: "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@zytor.com>
To: Ingo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org>
Cc: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>,
linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>,
Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Subject: Re: [GIT PULL] Introduce the X32 binary format on x86, for v3.4
Date: Tue, 27 Mar 2012 18:50:14 -0700 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <4F726E56.4070405@zytor.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20120319175002.GA21093@gmail.com>
On 03/19/2012 10:50 AM, Ingo Molnar wrote:
> Linus,
>
> Please pull the latest x86-x32-for-linus git tree from:
>
> git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip.git x86-x32-for-linus
>
> HEAD: 31796ac4e8f0e88f5c10f1ad6dab8f19bebe44a4 x32: Fix alignment fail in struct compat_siginfo
>
> This tree introduces the X32 binary format and execution mode
> for x86: 32-bit data space binaries using 64-bit instructions
> and 64-bit kernel syscalls.
>
> This allows applications whose working set fits into a 32 bits
> address space to make use of 64-bit instructions while using a
> 32-bit address space with shorter pointers, more compressed data
> structures, etc.
>
Hi Linus,
Any problem either with this tree and/or the pull request? The
posix_types.h revamp ended up being part of this request (because x32
depends on it) but is technically standalone.
-hpa
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2012-03-19 17:50 [GIT PULL] Introduce the X32 binary format on x86, for v3.4 Ingo Molnar
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