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Date:   Thu, 2 Sep 2021 09:44:01 +0200
From:   Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org>
To:     Lai Jiangshan <laijs@linux.alibaba.com>
Cc:     Lai Jiangshan <jiangshanlai@gmail.com>,
        linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>,
        Ingo Molnar <mingo@redhat.com>, Borislav Petkov <bp@alien8.de>,
        Andy Lutomirski <luto@kernel.org>,
        "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@zytor.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 00/24] x86/entry/64: Convert a bunch of ASM entry code
 into C code
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On Thu, Sep 02, 2021 at 02:28:43PM +0800, Lai Jiangshan wrote:
> 
> 
> On 2021/9/1 04:44, Peter Zijlstra wrote:
> > On Wed, Sep 01, 2021 at 01:50:01AM +0800, Lai Jiangshan wrote:
> > > From: Lai Jiangshan <laijs@linux.alibaba.com>
> > > 
> > > Many ASM code in entry_64.S can be rewritten in C if they can be written
> > > to be non-instrumentable and are called in the right order regarding to
> > > whether CR3/gsbase is changed to kernel CR3/gsbase.
> > > 
> > > The patchset covert some of them to C code.
> > 
> > Overall, very nice! There's a lot of details to verify, but I really
> > like where this ends up.
> > 
> > I'm not sure about moving traps.c, but whatever, that's simple stuff.
> > I'll try and put some more eyeballs on this later.
> > 
> 
> Hello, Peter
> 
> How is it going?

Too much patches in the inbox, sorry :/

> Do I need to send a new version?

Not at this time.

> How can I cooperate or participate in the details?

What I meant was that review of these patches will have to check all the
details which will take some time.

> Do you plan to move the other path of ASM code into C code?

I do have some plans, but currently a total lack of time. Your patches
are a nice contribution.