Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1753582AbYLAKtr (ORCPT ); Mon, 1 Dec 2008 05:49:47 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1751156AbYLAKti (ORCPT ); Mon, 1 Dec 2008 05:49:38 -0500 Received: from mx2.mail.elte.hu ([157.181.151.9]:51074 "EHLO mx2.mail.elte.hu" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751068AbYLAKti (ORCPT ); Mon, 1 Dec 2008 05:49:38 -0500 Date: Mon, 1 Dec 2008 11:49:04 +0100 From: Ingo Molnar To: Avi Kivity Cc: Cyrill Gorcunov , Rusty Russell , lguest@ozlabs.org, Alexander van Heukelum , Alexander van Heukelum , jeremy@xensource.com, LKML , Mike Travis , Steven Rostedt , Andi Kleen , "H. Peter Anvin" , Thomas Gleixner Subject: Re: [Lguest] [PATCH RFC/RFB] x86_64, i386: interrupt dispatch changes Message-ID: <20081201104904.GA12859@elte.hu> References: <20081104150729.GC21470@localhost> <20081129154516.GA26579@mailshack.com> <49318871.8010501@redhat.com> <200812011502.37170.rusty@rustcorp.com.au> <4933AD51.5000202@redhat.com> <4933BF71.6010801@redhat.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <4933BF71.6010801@redhat.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.18 (2008-05-17) X-ELTE-VirusStatus: clean X-ELTE-SpamScore: -1.5 X-ELTE-SpamLevel: X-ELTE-SpamCheck: no X-ELTE-SpamVersion: ELTE 2.0 X-ELTE-SpamCheck-Details: score=-1.5 required=5.9 tests=BAYES_00 autolearn=no SpamAssassin version=3.2.3 -1.5 BAYES_00 BODY: Bayesian spam probability is 0 to 1% [score: 0.0000] Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1620 Lines: 41 * Avi Kivity wrote: > Cyrill Gorcunov wrote: >> On Mon, Dec 1, 2008 at 12:24 PM, Avi Kivity wrote: >> ... >> >>> Once it's done there's no reason not to commit it. But the effort expended >>> to do it is gone, without any measurable return. >>> >>> >> ... >> >> Not sure Avi what you mean but as far as I know Alexander is working on >> this file so he need just time to finish (we all have other duties you know :). >> So I think the idea Peter proposed could be merged right after Alexander >> will have finished. At least the Peter's suggestion was recorded in this >> thread which means it will *not* be lost eventually. Or you meant something >> else (yep, I could have it translated plain wrong)? >> > > What I mean is that hpa's patch makes the kernel better, so it should > be applied. I'm not sure what else Alexander is working on, but I do > hope the improvements will be more concrete. that is what happened three weeks ago already on Nov 11, we applied Peter's patches to tip/x86/irq: 939b787: x86: 64 bits: shrink and align IRQ stubs b7c6244: x86: 32 bits: shrink and align IRQ stubs it's all in the x86 tree and in linux-next as well. Alexander and Peter are working on this together, not against each other. Alexander was still running some numbers to make sure we made the right decision. Ingo -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/