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Re: [tip:x86/urgent] x86/entry: Restore traditional SYSENTER calling convention

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On Mon, Jan 4, 2016 at 10:48 AM, H. Peter Anvin <hpa@zytor.com> wrote:
>
> Linus has frequently stated that if it is something that is critical
> enough for stable, it is critical enough for final.  Linus will decide
> if an additional -rc is needed for that reason.

So it would have been good to have it in an -rc, but at the same time
I'm not particularly worried about this one.

It's not like it's complicated, and I'm assuming it got tested and
passed all our current test-cases (which are much more complete than
anything we've ever had historically).

                     Linus
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Re: [tip:x86/urgent] x86/entry: Restore traditional SYSENTER calling convention Andy Lutomirski <luto@amacapital.net> - 2016-01-04 19:40 +0100
  Re: [tip:x86/urgent] x86/entry: Restore traditional SYSENTER calling  convention "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@zytor.com> - 2016-01-04 19:50 +0100
    Re: [tip:x86/urgent] x86/entry: Restore traditional SYSENTER calling convention Andy Lutomirski <luto@amacapital.net> - 2016-01-04 20:10 +0100
    Re: [tip:x86/urgent] x86/entry: Restore traditional SYSENTER calling convention Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org> - 2016-01-04 20:30 +0100
      RE: [tip:x86/urgent] x86/entry: Restore traditional SYSENTER  calling convention "Zhuo, Qiuxu" <qiuxu.zhuo@intel.com> - 2016-01-05 08:00 +0100

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