Re: [PATCH 2/2 v2] sched/wait: Introduce lock breaker in wake_up_p ...
Linus Torvalds writes: On Thu, Sep 14, 2017 at 9:50 AM, Tim Chen <tim.c.chen@linux.intel.com> wrote: [...] I checked that it applied cleanly on latest master. Thanks, applied. Thanks, applied. I...
View ArticleRe: [RFC PATCH 3/4] x86/asm: Make alternative macro interfaces mor ...
Linus Torvalds writes: (Summary) But couldn't we make the whole stack pointer clobber be dependent on CONFIG_FRAME_POINTER? CONFIG_FRAME_POINTER? The only reason we do it is to make sure the frame...
View ArticleRe: [RFC PATCH 3/4] x86/asm: Make alternative macro interfaces mor ...
Linus Torvalds writes: (Summary) Do something like #ifdef CONFIG_FRAME_POINTER # define EXTRA_ASM_CLOBBERS "rsp" #else # define EXTRA_ASM_CLOBBERS #endif #endif and then replace the nasty and then...
View ArticleRe: [GIT PULL] overlayfs update for 4.14
Linus Torvalds writes: (Summary) On Wed, Sep 13, 2017 at 11:46 PM, Miklos Szeredi <miklos@szeredi.hu> That is *not* how the VFS layer works. That is *not* how the VFS layer works. If you can't...
View ArticleRe: [GIT PULL] overlayfs update for 4.14
Linus Torvalds writes: (Summary) wrote: [...] arguments about that. The thing is, I don't think "upper layer" is any more internal than "direct IO" is. "direct IO" is. And I don't think it's...
View ArticleRe: [RFC PATCH 3/4] x86/asm: Make alternative macro interfaces mor ...
Linus Torvalds writes: (Summary) wrote:[...] It all depends on .config, e.g: Oh, that would be lovely and solve all the issues. Oh, that would be lovely and solve all the issues. And looking at the...
View ArticleRe: [PATCH 3/3] ima: use fs method to read integrity data
Linus Torvalds writes: (Summary) wrote: [...] file hash is being calculated. That really shouldn't need an exclusive lock either. The whole point is that you're just reading the file, so a shared lock...
View ArticleRe: [GIT PULL] overlayfs update for 4.14
Linus Torvalds writes: (Summary) Ugh, no, that's *very* non-trivial. Ugh, no, that's *very* non-trivial. I can see us doing magical things with the inode->i_mapping being an ovlfs-private mapping,...
View ArticleRe: [PATCH 1/3] vfs: constify path argument to kernel_read_file_fr ...
Linus Torvalds writes: (Summary) On Thu, Sep 14, 2017 at 9:58 PM, Mimi Zohar <zohar@linux.vnet.ibm.com> I've applied this upstream independently of everything else, because it's obviously the...
View ArticleRe: [4.14-rc0 regression] Re: x60: warnings on boot and resume, ar ...
Linus Torvalds writes: (Summary) On Fri, Sep 15, 2017 at 3:22 AM, Pavel Machek <pavel@ucw.cz> Not authored by Linus and old?) That's the author date, the committer date is new. Top of tree right...
View ArticleRe: [PATCH] fs/proc: report eip/esp in /prod/PID/stat for coredumping
Linus Torvalds writes: Ingo, I'm assuming I'll get this from the -tip tree, which is where I got the original commit that this fixes. got the original commit that this fixes. Thanks, Linus Linus On...
View ArticleRe: d57108d4f6 ("watchdog/core: Get rid of the thread .."): BUG: u ...
Linus Torvalds writes: (Summary) On Sat, Sep 16, 2017 at 10:35 AM, Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de> UP assumes that all CPU masks are always that "one CPU set". I guess we could somehow try...
View ArticleRe: [GIT PULL] Firmware files removal for 4.14-rc1
Linus Torvalds writes: On Sat, Sep 16, 2017 at 10:53 AM, Greg K-H <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org> wrote: [...] Ah doh, you are so right, sorry about that. I'm getting onto a flight right now but...
View ArticleRe: [PATCH 3/3] ima: use fs method to read integrity data (updated ...
Linus Torvalds writes: (Summary) So I'm basically not entirely convinced that these i_rwsem games make any sense at all. any sense at all. The filesystem can do its own locking, and I'm starting to...
View ArticleRe: d57108d4f6 ("watchdog/core: Get rid of the thread .."): BUG: u ...
Linus Torvalds writes: (Summary) I can't say that I was really aware of it either in a every-day kind of way, it was only when I looked it up that I went "Oh, right, that's what we did". that's what we...
View ArticleRe: d57108d4f6 ("watchdog/core: Get rid of the thread .."): BUG: u ...
Linus Torvalds writes: (Summary) On Sat, Sep 16, 2017 at 2:47 PM, Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de> wrote: [...] testing anyway. I certainly agree that the UP situation has changed over the...
View ArticleLinux 4.14-rc1
Linus Torvalds writes: (Summary) Linus Linus--- Al Viro (6): misc fixes ipc compat cleanup and 64-bit time_t more set_fs removal mount flag updates nowait read support misc leftovers Alex Williamson...
View ArticleRe: [PATCH 3/3] ima: use fs method to read integrity data (updated ...
Linus Torvalds writes: (Summary) wrote: [...] } That's not the issue. That's not the issue. The issue is that somebody else can come in - using direct IO - at the same time as the first person is...
View ArticleRe: [linus:master] BUILD REGRESSION 2bd6bf03f4c1c59381d62c61d03f6c ...
Linus Torvalds writes: (Summary) Fengguang, it looks like the kernel build robot _only_ tests the actual rc kernels, and doesn't bisect down where the error started. kernels, and doesn't bisect down...
View ArticleRe: printk: what is going on with additional newlines?
Linus Torvalds writes: (Summary) On Sat, Sep 16, 2017 at 11:26 PM, Sergey Senozhatsky <sergey.senozhatsky@gmail.com> So this is exactly the wrong way around. So this is exactly the wrong way...
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