Re: [PATCH 1/1] x86: fix text_poke

From: Ingo Molnar
Date: Fri Apr 25 2008 - 15:10:16 EST



* Ingo Molnar <mingo@xxxxxxx> wrote:

> > Ok, fair enough. Without the IPI, I don't think there's a big deal.
> > And you have the numbers to prove it. Consider me convinced.
>
> great - i've lined up all the fixes into this git tree which you can
> pull from:
>
> git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/mingo/linux-2.6-x86-fixes4.git for-linus
>
> this has Jiri's fix followed by Mathieu's vmap logic cleanups, plus a
> bit of extra checks and the API extensions for set_fixmap (we didnt
> end up using them but they make sense nevertheless).
>
> Lightly tested though, so even if you agree with the changes you might
> want to wait an hour with the pull just in case some trivial build
> issue slipped in. Shortlog and diff below.

ok, it's better tested now - 10 random bootups, amongst them 64/32-bit
allyesconfig bootups, and some targeted testing as well with
offlining/onlining CPUs and no problems found so far. Please pull.

Ingo
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