Messages in this thread | | | Date | Fri, 30 Mar 2018 13:03:54 +0200 | From | Ingo Molnar <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH 0/7] use struct pt_regs based syscall calling for x86-64 |
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* Dominik Brodowski <linux@dominikbrodowski.net> wrote:
> > > The whole series is available at > > > > > > https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/brodo/linux.git syscalls-WIP > > > > BTW., I'd like all these bits to go through the x86 tree. > > > > What is the expected merge route of the generic preparatory bits? > > My current plan is to push the 109 patch bomb to remove in-kernel calls to syscalls > directly to Linus once v4.16 is released.
Are there any (textual and semantic) conflicts with the latest -next?
Also, to what extent were these 109 patches tested in -next?
> For this series of seven patches, I am content with them going upstream through > the x86 tree (once that contains a backmerge of Linus' tree or the syscalls > tree, obviously). IMO, these seven patches should be kept together, and not > routed upstream through different channels.
Of course they should stay together - the generic code impact is minimal, these are 95% x86.
Thanks,
Ingo
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