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On Thu, Dec 14, 2017 at 8:20 AM, Andy Lutomirski <luto@kernel.org> wrote:
>
> If this turns out to need reverting because it breaks Wine or
> something, we're really going to regret it.

I really don't see that as very likely. We already play other (much
more fundamental) games with segments.

But I do agree that it would be good to consider this "turn LDT
read-only" a separate series just in case.

                   Linus