From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.0 (2014-02-07) on aws-us-west-2-korg-lkml-1.web.codeaurora.org X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-2.3 required=3.0 tests=HEADER_FROM_DIFFERENT_DOMAINS, MAILING_LIST_MULTI,SPF_PASS,USER_AGENT_MUTT autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.0 Received: from mail.kernel.org (mail.kernel.org [198.145.29.99]) by smtp.lore.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7B05AC4321E for ; Mon, 10 Sep 2018 15:09:32 +0000 (UTC) Received: from vger.kernel.org (vger.kernel.org [209.132.180.67]) by mail.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3601820833 for ; Mon, 10 Sep 2018 15:09:32 +0000 (UTC) DMARC-Filter: OpenDMARC Filter v1.3.2 mail.kernel.org 3601820833 Authentication-Results: mail.kernel.org; dmarc=fail (p=none dis=none) header.from=linux.intel.com Authentication-Results: mail.kernel.org; spf=none smtp.mailfrom=linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1728281AbeIJUEB (ORCPT ); Mon, 10 Sep 2018 16:04:01 -0400 Received: from mga09.intel.com ([134.134.136.24]:50940 "EHLO mga09.intel.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1728072AbeIJUEB (ORCPT ); Mon, 10 Sep 2018 16:04:01 -0400 X-Amp-Result: UNSCANNABLE X-Amp-File-Uploaded: False Received: from orsmga002.jf.intel.com ([10.7.209.21]) by orsmga102.jf.intel.com with ESMTP/TLS/DHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384; 10 Sep 2018 08:09:29 -0700 X-ExtLoop1: 1 X-IronPort-AV: E=Sophos;i="5.53,356,1531810800"; d="scan'208";a="90452461" Received: from stinkbox.fi.intel.com (HELO stinkbox) ([10.237.72.174]) by orsmga002.jf.intel.com with SMTP; 10 Sep 2018 08:09:10 -0700 Received: by stinkbox (sSMTP sendmail emulation); Mon, 10 Sep 2018 18:09:10 +0300 Date: Mon, 10 Sep 2018 18:09:10 +0300 From: Ville =?iso-8859-1?Q?Syrj=E4l=E4?= To: Borislav Petkov Cc: Thomas Gleixner , LKML , Dou Liyang , Pavel Tatashin , "H. Peter Anvin" , Peter Zijlstra Subject: Re: [PATCH] Revert "x86/tsc: Consolidate init code" Message-ID: <20180910150910.GS5565@intel.com> References: <20180910121925.27682-1-ville.syrjala@linux.intel.com> <20180910140710.GR5565@intel.com> <20180910144720.GA28349@zn.tnic> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit In-Reply-To: <20180910144720.GA28349@zn.tnic> User-Agent: Mutt/1.9.4 (2018-02-28) Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Mon, Sep 10, 2018 at 04:47:20PM +0200, Borislav Petkov wrote: > On Mon, Sep 10, 2018 at 05:07:10PM +0300, Ville Syrjälä wrote: > > You're reading way too much into this. The revert is just a point to > > start the conversion. I've found that it's the best way to get the > > attention of the relevant developers. Other kind of regression > > reports have an unfortunate habit of disappearing into /dev/null. > > That's some strange "logic". > > You're sending a patch which has "[PATCH]" in the subject but now you > say it is not really a patch but only a way to get people's attention?!? But it is a patch, and if it happens to get accepted as is so be it. If not, it's a good place where to start the conversation on how to fix the bug in another way. You guys seem to have a notion that anything which says '[PATCH]' is somehow final. In my book any patch is up for debate. Nothing special about this one in that regard. -- Ville Syrjälä Intel