Re: [PATCH 0/9] user_mode_vm removal and associated cleanups

[Ingo Molnar]

* Andy Lutomirski <luto@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> Hi all-
> 
> The user_mode vs user_mode_vm distinction scares me.  Let's fix it.
> This series adds user_mode_ignore_vm86, makes user_mode reliable,
> and removes user_mode_vm.  It also tidies up a couple warts I found
> along the way.
> 
> This survives basic testing, but I haven't tried that hard to test it.
> 
> Thoughts?
> 
> Ingo, this may conflict a bit with the do_debug and do_bounds fixes.

I like it, in fact I'd suggest we remove user_mode_ignore_vm86() 
altogether, as it's such a marginal optimization, it only affects 
x86-32 kernels, and because we keep getting this wrong.

Keep a single, simple user_mode() definition.


Thanks,

	Ingo
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