Re: [PATCH v7 3/7] fs/posix_acl: Document that get_acl respects AC ...
Linus Torvalds writes: (Summary) On Mon, Feb 26, 2018 at 7:14 PM, Eric W. You make your bias very clear, by simply trying to hide the other case. You make your bias very clear, by simply trying to hide...
View ArticleRe: [LKP] [lkp-robot] [iversion] c0cef30e4f: aim7.jobs-per-min -18 ...
Linus Torvalds writes: (Summary) Anyway, I think the _real_ change has nothing to with instruction scheduling, and everything to do with this: scheduling, and everything to do with this: 107.62 =C2=B1...
View ArticleRe: [PATCH] sparse doesn't support indirect_branch attribute
Linus Torvalds writes: (Summary) On Tue, Feb 27, 2018 at 12:18 PM, Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@infradead.org> wrote: [...] to the sparse mailing list. I think the sparse plan is to just stop warning...
View ArticleRe: [PATCH] sparse doesn't support indirect_branch attribute
Linus Torvalds writes: On Tue, Feb 27, 2018 at 2:30 PM, Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@infradead.org> wrote: [...] does -Wno-unknown-attributes (or however that is spelled). That's probably a better...
View ArticleRe: [RFC/RFT patch 0/7] timekeeping: Unify clock MONOTONIC and clo ...
Linus Torvalds writes: (Summary) wrote: [...] userspace folks to make a final decision. Honestly, I don't think we'd get the testing this kind of change needs except by just trying it. except by just...
View ArticleRe: [PATCH 12/31] x86/entry/32: Add PTI cr3 switch to non-NMI entr ...
Linus Torvalds writes: On Thu, Mar 1, 2018 at 10:24 AM, Brian Gerst <brgerst@gmail.com> wrote: [...] entry stack for debug/NMI. Note that debug traps can happen regardless of TF, Think kgdb etc....
View ArticleRe: [PATCH v2 00/10] Copy Offload in NVMe Fabrics with P2P PCI Memory
Linus Torvalds writes: (Summary) wrote: [...] untangle the code :-) Afaik, x86 will not cache PCI unless the system is misconfigured, and even then it's more likely to just raise a machine check...
View ArticleRe: [PATCH v2 00/10] Copy Offload in NVMe Fabrics with P2P PCI Memory
Linus Torvalds writes: (Summary) The really nitty-gritty stuff is not architected, and generally not documented outside (possibly) the BIOS writer's guide that is not made public. public. Those magical...
View ArticleRe: [PATCH v2 00/10] Copy Offload in NVMe Fabrics with P2P PCI Memory
Linus Torvalds writes: (Summary) On Fri, Mar 2, 2018 at 8:57 AM, Linus Torvalds<torvalds@linux-foundation.org> wrote:[...] between PCIe and RAM, they just affect the behavior on top of that. Side...
View ArticleRe: [PATCH] MAINTAINERS: take over Kconfig maintainership
Linus Torvalds writes: On Fri, Mar 2, 2018 at 5:04 AM, Masahiro Yamada<yamada.masahiro@socionext.com> wrote:[...] declaration. Making it official now. Ack. Ack. I expect I'll see this in one of...
View ArticleRe: [RESEND][PATCH] bug: Exclude non-BUG/WARN exceptions from repo ...
Linus Torvalds writes: (Summary) In fact, even if you don't send me pull requests, that's generally what I assume, because the bulk of patches should be going through some submaintainer that _does_...
View ArticleRe: [RESEND][PATCH] bug: Exclude non-BUG/WARN exceptions from repo ...
Linus Torvalds writes: (Summary) That's what networking already does, ie you'll see things like ie you'll see things like [PATCH net-next v3 0/5] patch description here [PATCH net-next v3 0/5] patch...
View ArticleRe: [GIT pull] x86 fixes for 4.16
Linus Torvalds writes: On Sun, Mar 4, 2018 at 7:02 AM, Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de> wrote: [...] git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip.git x86-urgent-for-linus Nothing...
View ArticleRe: [GIT pull] x86 fixes for 4.16
Linus Torvalds writes: On Sun, Mar 4, 2018 at 11:40 AM, Linus Torvalds<torvalds@linux-foundation.org> wrote:[...] Did you forget to push out? I pulled from x86/urgent, which has the same...
View ArticleLinux 4.16-rc4
Linus Torvalds writes: (Summary) Silva (1): nbd: fix return value in error handling path Hans de Goede (1): ALSA: hda: Add a power_save blacklist Hans van Kranenburg (1): btrfs: alloc_chunk: fix DUP...
View ArticleRe: [PATCH 07/34] x86/entry/32: Restore segments before int registers
Linus Torvalds writes: (Summary) So then the whole "restore segments early" must be wrong, because *that* path must get it all right too, no? *that* path must get it all right too, no? And it appears...
View ArticleRe: RANDSTRUCT structs need linux/compiler_types.h (Was: [nfsd4] p ...
Linus Torvalds writes: (Summary) wrote:[...] __attribute((...)) can be placed after 'struct'. That avoids the actual bug, but it wouldn't have helped _find_ the problem in the first place. problem in...
View ArticleRe: [PATCH 07/34] x86/entry/32: Restore segments before int registers
Linus Torvalds writes: On Mon, Mar 5, 2018 at 12:38 PM, Brian Gerst <brgerst@gmail.com> wrote: [...] There already is a test: single_step_syscall.c Ahh, good. So presumably Joerg actually did...
View ArticleRe: [PATCH 07/34] x86/entry/32: Restore segments before int registers
Linus Torvalds writes: (Summary) wrote: [...] previous versions which was return to user with kernel-cr3 :) Ahh. The NX protection to guarantee that you don't return to user mode was really good on...
View ArticleRe: [PATCH 7/7] RCU, workqueue: Implement rcu_work
Linus Torvalds writes: (Summary) The rcu_call() part fundamentally will happen on any CPU, and sure, it could then schedule the work on something else, but that doesn't sound like a particularly sound...
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