Re: [PATCH 03/11] x86: Merge tolerant_fwait()

[Pekka Enberg]

On Sat, Aug 28, 2010 at 7:04 PM, Brian Gerst <brgerst@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Now that 32-bit can handle exceptions from the kernel, switch to using
> the 64-bit version of tolerant_fwait() without fnclex.  In the unlikely
> event an exception is triggered, it is simply ignored.
>
> Signed-off-by: Brian Gerst <brgerst@xxxxxxxxx>

Why is 32-bit able to handle exceptions? Is that part of this series
or is it some existing commit in tip or linus?
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