From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1762313Ab2FHSJs (ORCPT ); Fri, 8 Jun 2012 14:09:48 -0400 Received: from mail.skyhub.de ([78.46.96.112]:58943 "EHLO mail.skyhub.de" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751394Ab2FHSJr (ORCPT ); Fri, 8 Jun 2012 14:09:47 -0400 Date: Fri, 8 Jun 2012 20:09:43 +0200 From: Borislav Petkov To: Steven Rostedt Cc: "H. Peter Anvin" , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, Ingo Molnar , Andrew Morton , Thomas Gleixner Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/3] x86: Remove cmpxchg from i386 NMI nesting code Message-ID: <20120608180943.GA18312@liondog.tnic> Mail-Followup-To: Borislav Petkov , Steven Rostedt , "H. Peter Anvin" , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, Ingo Molnar , Andrew Morton , Thomas Gleixner References: <20120608135200.371649691@goodmis.org> <20120608135603.699156773@goodmis.org> <4FD223E1.1090707@zytor.com> <1339173716.13377.50.camel@gandalf.stny.rr.com> <4FD23626.4020802@zytor.com> <1339176975.13377.56.camel@gandalf.stny.rr.com> <4FD238CD.8000601@zytor.com> <1339177929.13377.66.camel@gandalf.stny.rr.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <1339177929.13377.66.camel@gandalf.stny.rr.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.21 (2010-09-15) Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Fri, Jun 08, 2012 at 01:52:09PM -0400, Steven Rostedt wrote: > "Idiot! Why the f*ck are you running i386 on your nice shiny new x86_64 > machine, with Umpteen Gigs of RAM. Boot a x86_64 kernel for Christ sake > and get your full potential. Your i386 userspace will still work just > fine on it. You're like one of those 75 year old retirees that can > finally buy a Porsche just to drive it 10 miles per hour below the speed > limit with a line of cars behind them!" If you make this into a patch, you can have my vehement ACK. -- Regards/Gruss, Boris.