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([2601:646:c200:1ef2:cdd:7a71:a7ed:1085]) by smtp.gmail.com with ESMTPSA id o9sm2424343pjp.4.2020.05.05.09.36.47 (version=TLS1_3 cipher=TLS_AES_128_GCM_SHA256 bits=128/128); Tue, 05 May 2020 09:36:57 -0700 (PDT) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable From: Andy Lutomirski Mime-Version: 1.0 (1.0) Subject: Re: x86/uv cleanups Date: Tue, 5 May 2020 09:36:46 -0700 Message-Id: <0EF76ADC-A842-4571-B964-B7A544E11FA3@amacapital.net> References: <20200505153944.GD2297@hpe.com> Cc: Christoph Hellwig , x86@kernel.org, Mike Travis , Russ Anderson , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org In-Reply-To: <20200505153944.GD2297@hpe.com> To: Dimitri Sivanich X-Mailer: iPhone Mail (17E262) Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org > On May 5, 2020, at 9:25 AM, Dimitri Sivanich wrote: >=20 > =EF=BB=BFYes, we do see a need to clean up old code where it exists, but w= e would like > to assume this responsibility ourselves in order to ensure functional cont= inuity > with externally available open-sourced modules that our customers rely on.= This > code supports current Superdome Flex systems, as well as forthcoming platf= orms > based on Intel Cooper Lake and Sapphire Rapids processors. Some cleanup i= s > already being included as part of a forthcoming patchset in support of the= > upcoming Sapphire Rapids platform. >=20 What is =E2=80=9Cfunctional continuity=E2=80=9D? How does unused code suppo= rt anything? > Nacked-by: Dimitri Sivanich >=20 >> On Mon, May 04, 2020 at 07:15:16PM +0200, Christoph Hellwig wrote: >> Hi x86 maintainers, >>=20 >> this series removes various exports and sniplets of dead code >> from the x86/uv code. >>=20 >> Diffstat: >>=20 >> 8 files changed, 21 insertions(+), 111 deletions(-)