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Date: Fri, 09 Aug 2013 21:42:35 -0700
From: "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@zytor.com>
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To: Andi Kleen <andi@firstfloor.org>
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Subject: Re: Re-tune x86 uaccess code for PREEMPT_VOLUNTARY
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On 08/09/2013 04:04 PM, Andi Kleen wrote:
> 
> This patch kit is an attempt to get us back to sane code, 
> mostly by doing proper inlining and doing sleep checks in the right
> place. Unfortunately I had to add one tree sweep to avoid an nasty
> include loop.
> 
> It costs a bit of text space, but I think it's worth it
> (if only to keep my blood pressure down while reading ftrace logs...)
> 

Looks nice at first glance.

Now, here is a bigger question: shouldn't we be deprecating/getting rid
of PREEMPT_VOUNTARY in favor of PREEMPT?

	-hpa


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