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From: Borislav Petkov <bp@alien8.de>
To: Ira Weiny <ira.weiny@intel.com>
Cc: Rik van Riel <riel@surriel.com>,
	Dave Hansen <dave.hansen@intel.com>,
	Dave Hansen <dave.hansen@linux.intel.com>,
	x86@kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, kernel-team@fb.com
Subject: Re: [RFC PATCH 1/5] entry: Pass pt_regs to irqentry_exit_cond_resched()
Date: Mon, 8 Aug 2022 19:38:37 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <YvFKHaRdOkg5RHtv@zn.tnic> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <YvFJGxU0k492npYT@iweiny-desk3>

On Mon, Aug 08, 2022 at 10:34:19AM -0700, Ira Weiny wrote:
> I thought about that but generally have been steered away from using bool
> arguments like this.

The reason being?

> Looking this over I think this may be a reasonable use of a flag like
> that.
>
> I'm not sure if this series is going to land given the discussion of
> performance.

Well, the only way to talk performance is to have something to measure
it with. But let me finish going through the rest of your set first.

> Would this clean up be welcome on its own?  I'm willing to respin
> this patch and submit if so.

Depends on who steered you away from the bool thing and why?

:-)

Thx.

-- 
Regards/Gruss,
    Boris.

https://people.kernel.org/tglx/notes-about-netiquette

  reply	other threads:[~2022-08-08 17:38 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 37+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2022-08-05 17:30 [RFC PATCH 0/5] Print CPU at segfault time ira.weiny
2022-08-05 17:30 ` [RFC PATCH 1/5] entry: Pass pt_regs to irqentry_exit_cond_resched() ira.weiny
2022-08-05 18:33   ` Rik van Riel
2022-08-08 10:38   ` Borislav Petkov
2022-08-08 17:34     ` Ira Weiny
2022-08-08 17:38       ` Borislav Petkov [this message]
2022-08-08 17:43         ` Dave Hansen
2022-08-08 17:52           ` Borislav Petkov
2022-08-09 23:18     ` Thomas Gleixner
2022-08-10  7:25       ` Thomas Gleixner
2022-08-05 17:30 ` [RFC PATCH 2/5] entry: Add calls for save/restore auxiliary pt_regs ira.weiny
2022-08-05 18:34   ` Rik van Riel
2022-08-09 12:05   ` Borislav Petkov
2022-08-09 18:38     ` Ira Weiny
2022-08-09 18:49       ` Borislav Petkov
2022-08-09 21:14         ` Thomas Gleixner
2022-08-09 21:38           ` Borislav Petkov
2022-08-09 22:33             ` Ira Weiny
2022-08-09 21:49         ` Ira Weiny
2022-08-09 23:53           ` Thomas Gleixner
2022-08-05 17:30 ` [RFC PATCH 3/5] x86/entry: Add auxiliary pt_regs space ira.weiny
2022-08-05 18:45   ` Rik van Riel
2022-08-05 17:30 ` [RFC PATCH 4/5] x86,mm: print likely CPU at segfault time ira.weiny
2022-08-05 17:30 ` [RFC PATCH 5/5] x86/entry: Store CPU info on exception entry ira.weiny
2022-08-05 18:46   ` Rik van Riel
2022-08-05 18:47   ` Dave Hansen
2022-08-06  9:01     ` Ingo Molnar
2022-08-06  9:11       ` Borislav Petkov
2022-08-07 10:02         ` Ingo Molnar
2022-08-07 10:35           ` Borislav Petkov
2022-08-07 20:02             ` Ira Weiny
2022-08-08 11:03               ` Ingo Molnar
2022-08-08 12:01                 ` Borislav Petkov
2022-08-09 20:06                   ` Thomas Gleixner
2022-08-08 16:16                 ` Dave Hansen
2022-08-08 17:24                   ` Rik van Riel
2022-08-09 21:19                   ` Andy Lutomirski

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