Re: kvm splat in mmu_spte_clear_track_bits
Linus Torvalds writes: (Summary) wrote: [...] secondary MMU KVM srcu and spinlock a single time. Note that that isn't actually all that much of an advantage - it turns out that a lot of users have...
View ArticleRe: printk: what is going on with additional newlines?
Linus Torvalds writes: (Summary) wrote: [...] What about using the seq_buf*() then? They do have the nice property that because we use them for various /proc files, there are some helper functions in...
View ArticleRe: [PATCH 00/13] mmu_notifier kill invalidate_page callback
Linus Torvalds writes: (Summary) wrote:[...] r[...] API. Thanks for doing this. Thanks for doing this.[...] mmu_notifier_invalidate_range_start()/end(). Ok, those two patches are a bit more complex...
View ArticleRe: [PATCH 02/13] mm/rmap: update to new mmu_notifier semantic
Linus Torvalds writes: (Summary) wro= te:[...] __mmu_notifier_invalidate_range_end. I have to admit that I didn't notice that fact - that we are already in the situation that invalidate_range is called...
View ArticleRe: [RFC PATCH 3/4] x86/asm: Make alternative macro interfaces mor ...
Linus Torvalds writes: (Summary) And no, we don't actually seem to have anybody using those right now, but I did find people using both OUTPUT and INPUT in some C files, so those names are clearly not...
View ArticleRe: [PATCH 02/13] mm/rmap: update to new mmu_notifier semantic
Linus Torvalds writes: (Summary) On Thu, Aug 31, 2017 at 11:25 AM, Jerome Glisse <jglisse@redhat.com> wrote: [...] with further kvm dead code removal. Yes, please. Yes, please. And if you've been...
View ArticleRe: RFC: Revert move default dialect from CIFS to to SMB3
Linus Torvalds writes: (Summary) wrote: [...] revert should be done or not. I don't think that a revert is appropriate. I don't think that a revert is appropriate. But perhaps just a single printk() or...
View ArticleRe: RFC: Revert move default dialect from CIFS to to SMB3
Linus Torvalds writes: (Summary) wrote: [...] that doesn't mean 2.1, is insecure. I'm certainly ok with changing the default to 2.1 if that helps people. Is that actually likely to help the people who...
View ArticleRe: printk: what is going on with additional newlines?
Linus Torvalds writes: (Summary) I'd suggest perhaps just "pr_line()". I'd suggest perhaps just "pr_line()". And instead of having those "err/info/cont" variations, the severity level should just be...
View ArticleRe: RFC: Revert move default dialect from CIFS to to SMB3
Linus Torvalds writes: (Summary) wrote: [...] and some servers require SMB3 minimum as a result, The default shouldn't be about "best and most secure", but "most convenient, while still not actively...
View ArticleRe: linux-next: Signed-off-by missing for commit in the rdma tree
Linus Torvalds writes: (Summary) What about git note? We don't end up using (or forwarding) git notes, so that won't help. We don't end up using (or forwarding) git notes, so that won't help....
View ArticleRe: printk: what is going on with additional newlines?
Linus Torvalds writes: (Summary) oh, and workqueues etc. And the end result would be that you'd be very limited in where you can actually expect buffering to happen. can actually expect buffering to...
View ArticleRe: RFC: Revert move default dialect from CIFS to to SMB3
Linus Torvalds writes: (Summary) No? No? Anyway, we can't avoid *some* breakage (ie the places that literally only support 1.0 will have to add the explicit "vers=1.0" to get the mount). mount). And I...
View ArticleRe: Linux 4.13: Reported regressions as of Sunday, 2017-09-03
Linus Torvalds writes: (Summary) On Sun, Sep 3, 2017 at 2:36 AM, Thorsten Leemhuis<regressions@leemhuis.info> wrote:[...] Cause: https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/e585513b76f7 Sadly, while I love...
View ArticleRe: [git pull] assorted fixes
Linus Torvalds writes: On Sun, Sep 3, 2017 at 10:15 AM, Al Viro <viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk> wrote: [...] per se - the rest is "only sparse cares about that" stuff. I'll pull these after the...
View ArticleLinux 4.13
Linus Torvalds writes: (Summary) It was literally a two-liner change top defaults - out of the million or so lines of the full 4.13 patch changing real code. changing real code. Go get the new kernel,...
View ArticleRe: Linux 4.13
Linus Torvalds writes: (Summary) Oh, and a side note on the merge window for 4.14 that obviously opened as a result of the 4.13 release.. as a result of the 4.13 release.. Tomorrow being Labor Day(*)...
View ArticleRe: [GIT PULL] regulator updates for v4.14
Linus Torvalds writes: (Summary) Mark, google either hates you personally, or your sirena.org.uk domain, or something else about how you write your pull emails. They both have passing SPF and DKIM, and...
View ArticleRe: [PATCH] radix-tree: must check __radix_tree_preload() return value
Linus Torvalds writes: (Summary) wrote: [...] EXPORT_SYMBOL(idr_preload); Is there a reason for the "ret" variable that is entirely mis-named, since it's never actually used as a return value? since...
View ArticleRe: [GIT PULL] x86/mm changes for v4.14: PCID support, 5-level pag ...
Linus Torvalds writes: (Summary) It suspends, but doesn't come back from resume. doesn't come back from resume. I immediately assumed it was the power management pulls I just did, but then I started...
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