Re: [PATCH] x86: APIC: Remove apic_write_around(); use alternatives

From: Ingo Molnar
Date: Sat Jul 19 2008 - 17:50:27 EST



* Suresh Siddha <suresh.b.siddha@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> On Fri, Jul 18, 2008 at 04:04:29PM -0700, Yinghai Lu wrote:
> > On Fri, Jul 18, 2008 at 4:00 PM, Suresh Siddha
> > <suresh.b.siddha@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > > On Fri, Jul 18, 2008 at 03:51:07PM -0700, Yinghai Lu wrote:
> > >> On Fri, Jul 18, 2008 at 3:49 PM, Suresh Siddha
> > >> <suresh.b.siddha@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > >> > Thanks to Maciej who posted this fix. It was on my todo list for
> > >> > sometime now!
> > >>
> > >> do we rebase tip/x86/x2apic or rework this patch?
> > >
> > > Ingo just did the merge. And I posted a missing piece. So is this enough?
> >
> > maciej, patch will go first, and x2apic will goes later, so bisect on
> > x2apic will be broken.
>
> hm, ok. Ingo? should I send the rebased 30 or so patches. or we can
> move this patch later.

hm, yes, please send the rebased patches - as this stuff has some risks
so bisectability is important.

Ingo
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