Re: [PATCH v3 1/6] ilog2: create truly constant version for sparse
Linus Torvalds writes: (Summary) Sometimes __builtin_constant_p() to a ternary operation acts as a constant expression, and sometimes it doesn't. constant expression, and sometimes it doesn't. Oh well....
View ArticleRe: [PATCH 03/35] x86/entry/32: Load task stack from x86_tss.sp1 i ...
Linus Torvalds writes: (Summary) On Wed, Apr 18, 2018 at 4:26 PM, Andi Kleen <ak@linux.intel.com> Why can't that be stored in a per cpu variable? It *is* a percpu variable - the whole x86_tss...
View ArticleRe: [PATCH] vfs: Undo an overly zealous MS_RDONLY -> SB_RDONLY con ...
Linus Torvalds writes: On Fri, Apr 20, 2018 at 5:35 AM, David Howells <dhowells@redhat.com> wrote: [...] MS_RDONLY got accidentally convered to SB_RDONLY. Applied. Applied. I guess they have the...
View ArticleRe: [PATCH 5/9] firmware: add functions to load firmware without w ...
Linus Torvalds writes: (Summary) wrote: [...] FW_RQ_NOWARN, etc? The objection was that the patches that I think Luis refers to The objection was that the patches that I think Luis refers to (a) passed...
View ArticleRe: [PATCH] [v2] docs: clarify security-bugs disclosure policy
Linus Torvalds writes: (Summary) wrote: [...] http connections, and email is at least as sensitive. It's not about sensitivity. It's not about sensitivity. It's about the technology actually *working*....
View ArticleRe: [GIT pull] x86 fixes for 4.17
Linus Torvalds writes: On Sun, Apr 22, 2018 at 4:04 AM, Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de> wrote: [...] A small set of fixes for x86: Hmm. Not the fixes for the global bit problems that caused...
View ArticleLinux 4.17-rc2
Linus Torvalds writes: (Summary) Tsirkin (3): virtio_net: split out ctrl buffer virtio_net: fix adding vids on big-endian virtio_net: sparse annotation fix Michal Hocko (1): mm: fix do_pages_move...
View ArticleRe: [PATCH 00/37 v6] PTI support for x86-32
Linus Torvalds writes: (Summary) wrote: [...] implement last weeks review comments. Just one question: have you checked the page table setup for the basics wrt the USER bit in particular? basics wrt...
View ArticleRe: [PATCH 00/37 v6] PTI support for x86-32
Linus Torvalds writes: On Mon, Apr 23, 2018 at 10:45 AM, Joerg Roedel <jroedel@suse.de> wrote: [...] a vdso page. Thanks. Thanks.[...] while looking at this, but I might have missed something. I...
View ArticleRe: Clang and X86-EFlags (was Re: [PATCH] usbhid: Fix lockdep unan ...
Linus Torvalds writes: (Summary) The instruction choice is still pretty odd: 1a: f6 c3 ff test $0xff,%bl 1d: 74 02 je 21 <bar+0x21> that "test $0xff,%bl" is a rather odd way of testing the byte...
View ArticleRe: Boot failures with net-next after rebase to v4.17.0-rc1
Linus Torvalds writes: (Summary) wrote:[...] rebased/merged with Linus'es tree at v4.17.0-rc1. I suspect it's the global bit stuff that came in very late in the merge window, and had been developed and...
View ArticleRe: [tip:timers/urgent] Revert: Unify CLOCK_MONOTONIC and CLOCK_BO ...
Linus Torvalds writes: (Summary) I'm ok with the revert., but I do want the revert message to talk about *exactly* what broke. about *exactly* what broke. I don't see the reported watchdog things, and...
View ArticleRe: [tip:timers/urgent] Revert: Unify CLOCK_MONOTONIC and CLOCK_BO ...
Linus Torvalds writes: (Summary) Type "closed my laptop, took it elsewhere, opened it again", so more than a few minutes. opened it again", so more than a few minutes.[...] it down myself? I think...
View ArticleRe: [RFD] x86: The future of MPX
Linus Torvalds writes: (Summary) On Sat, Apr 28, 2018 at 2:18 AM Ingo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org> wrote: [...] I just tried the MPX testcases with the latest kernel: [...]...
View ArticleRe: [RFD] x86: The future of MPX
Linus Torvalds writes: (Summary) On Sat, Apr 28, 2018 at 9:36 AM Linus Torvalds < If the MPX stuff isn't supported by gcc, then there is little point in us supporting it in the kernel either. So I'm...
View ArticleRe: [PATCH] MAINTAINERS: add myself as maintainer of AFFS
Linus Torvalds writes: (Summary) On Sat, Apr 28, 2018 at 10:07 AM David Sterba <dsterba@suse.com> 10), but the actual patch itself only adds one, and modifies another: only adds one, and modifies...
View ArticleRe: [crng_reseed] WARNING: inconsistent lock state
Linus Torvalds writes: (Summary) On Sat, Apr 28, 2018 at 7:26 PM Fengguang Wu <fengguang.wu@intel.com> wrote: [...] It looks like a new regression.[...] It occurs in 3 out of 3 boots.[...]...
View ArticleRe: [llc_ui_release] BUG: unable to handle kernel NULL pointer der ...
Linus Torvalds writes: On Sat, Apr 28, 2018 at 7:12 PM Fengguang Wu <fengguang.wu@intel.com> wrote: On Sat, Apr 28, 2018 at 7:12 PM Fengguang Wu <fengguang.wu@intel.com> wrote: [...] It...
View ArticleLinux 4.17-rc3
Linus Torvalds writes: (Summary) "Abort" ixgbevf: ensure xdp_ring resources are free'd on error exit Collin May (1): USB: serial: simple: add libtransistor console Cong Wang (3): netfilter: conntrack:...
View ArticleRe: Hashed pointer issues
Linus Torvalds writes: (Summary) wrote: [...] opposed. Yeah, I hate this, because it will make people paper over their problems by just booting with that option. just booting with that option. I think...
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