From: "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@zytor.com>
To: Andy Lutomirski <luto@amacapital.net>,
Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>,
Ingo Molnar <mingo@redhat.com>,
x86@kernel.org
Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 0/8] x86: Disentangle the vdso and clean it up
Date: Mon, 20 Oct 2014 14:41:45 -0700 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <54458199.1000607@zytor.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <cover.1411494540.git.luto@amacapital.net>
On 09/23/2014 10:50 AM, Andy Lutomirski wrote:
>
> Patch 8 removes the vvar that selects the getcpu mode. That vvar
> has been unnecessary for a couple of years, ever since alternative
> patching has worked in the vdso.
>
Is there any fundamental reason to not always use LSL at this point?
-hpa
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2014-10-20 21:42 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 22+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2014-09-23 17:50 [PATCH 0/8] x86: Disentangle the vdso and clean it up Andy Lutomirski
2014-09-23 17:50 ` [PATCH 1/8] x86_64,vsyscall: Move all of the gate_area code to vsyscall_64.c Andy Lutomirski
2014-10-28 11:14 ` [tip:x86/vdso] x86_64/vsyscall: " tip-bot for Andy Lutomirski
2014-09-23 17:50 ` [PATCH 2/8] x86_64: Move getcpu code from vsyscall_64.c to vdso/vma.c Andy Lutomirski
2014-10-28 11:14 ` [tip:x86/vdso] x86_64/vdso: " tip-bot for Andy Lutomirski
2014-09-23 17:50 ` [PATCH 3/8] x86,vdso: Change the PER_CPU segment to use struct desc_struct Andy Lutomirski
2014-10-28 11:15 ` [tip:x86/vdso] x86/vdso: " tip-bot for Andy Lutomirski
2014-09-23 17:50 ` [PATCH 4/8] x86,vdso: Make the PER_CPU segment start out accessed Andy Lutomirski
2014-10-28 11:15 ` [tip:x86/vdso] x86/vdso: " tip-bot for Andy Lutomirski
2014-09-23 17:50 ` [PATCH 5/8] x86,vdso: Make the PER_CPU segment 32 bits Andy Lutomirski
2014-10-28 11:15 ` [tip:x86/vdso] x86/vdso: " tip-bot for Andy Lutomirski
2014-09-23 17:50 ` [PATCH 6/8] x86_64,vdso: Remove jiffies from the vvar page Andy Lutomirski
2014-10-28 11:15 ` [tip:x86/vdso] x86_64/vdso: " tip-bot for Andy Lutomirski
2014-09-23 17:50 ` [PATCH 7/8] x86_64,vdso: Clean up vgetcpu init and merge the vdso initcalls Andy Lutomirski
2014-10-28 11:16 ` [tip:x86/vdso] x86_64/vdso: " tip-bot for Andy Lutomirski
2014-09-23 17:50 ` [PATCH 8/8] x86,vdso: Replace vgetcpu_mode with static_cpu_has Andy Lutomirski
2014-10-20 17:44 ` [PATCH 0/8] x86: Disentangle the vdso and clean it up Andy Lutomirski
2014-10-20 21:41 ` H. Peter Anvin [this message]
2014-10-20 21:57 ` Andy Lutomirski
2014-10-20 22:03 ` H. Peter Anvin
2014-10-20 22:41 ` Andy Lutomirski
2014-10-21 4:38 ` Andy Lutomirski
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