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Date:   Thu, 21 Nov 2019 16:55:53 -0800
From:   "Luck, Tony" <tony.luck@intel.com>
To:     Andy Lutomirski <luto@amacapital.net>
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Subject: Re: [PATCH v10 6/6] x86/split_lock: Enable split lock detection by
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On Thu, Nov 21, 2019 at 02:24:21PM -0800, Andy Lutomirski wrote:
> 
> > On Nov 21, 2019, at 1:51 PM, Luck, Tony <tony.luck@intel.com> wrote:

> > Almost all of what's in this set will be required in whatever
> > final solution we want to end up with. Out of this:
> 
> Why don’t we beat it into shape and apply it, hidden behind BROKEN.
> Then we can work on the rest of the patches and have a way to test them.

That's my goal (and thanks for the help with the constructive beating,
"die" is a much better choice that "panic" at this stage of development).

I'm not sure I see the need to hide it behind BROKEN. The reasoning
behind choosing disabled by default was so that this wouldn't affect
anyone unless they chose to turn it on.

-Tony