Messages in this thread | | | Date | Fri, 05 Aug 2011 19:04:29 -0700 | From | "H. Peter Anvin" <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH 0/4 v2] [GIT PULL][v3.2] x86: Consolidate 32 and 64 bit thread_info |
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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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