Re: [PATCH v4] x86/power: Fix 'nosmt' vs. hibernation triple fault during resume

[Pavel Machek]

On Fri 2019-05-31 01:42:02, Jiri Kosina wrote:
> On Thu, 30 May 2019, Josh Poimboeuf wrote:
> 
> > > >     Reviewed-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > > 
> > > Yes, it is, thanks!
> > 
> > I still think changing monitor/mwait to use a fixmap address would be a
> > much cleaner way to fix this.  I can try to work up a patch tomorrow.
> 
> I disagree with that from the backwards compatibility point of view.
> 
> I personally am quite frequently using differnet combinations of 
> resumer/resumee kernels, and I've never been biten by it so far. I'd guess 
> I am not the only one.
> Fixmap sort of breaks that invariant.

If we get less tricky code, it may be worth it...
									Pavel
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