* Ren, Qiaowei <qiaowei....@intel.com> wrote:
>
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Ingo Molnar [mailto:mingo.kernel....@gmail.com] On Behalf Of Ingo
> > Molnar
> > Sent: Wednesday, January 22, 2014 7:53 PM
> > To: Ren, Qiaowei
> > Cc: H. Peter Anvin; Thomas Gleixner; Ingo Molnar; x...@kernel.org;
> > linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org; Peter Zijlstra
> > Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 0/4] Intel MPX support
> >
> >
> > * Qiaowei Ren <qiaowei....@intel.com> wrote:
> >
> > > Changes since v1:
> > > * check to see if #BR occurred in userspace or kernel space.
> > > * use generic structure and macro as much as possible when
> > > decode mpx instructions.
> > >
> > > Qiaowei Ren (4):
> > > x86, mpx: add documentation on Intel MPX
> > > x86, mpx: hook #BR exception handler to allocate bound tables
> > > x86, mpx: add prctl commands PR_MPX_INIT, PR_MPX_RELEASE
> > > x86, mpx: extend siginfo structure to include bound violation
> > > information
> > >
> > > Documentation/x86/intel_mpx.txt | 76 +++++++
> > > arch/x86/Kconfig | 4 +
> > > arch/x86/include/asm/mpx.h | 63 ++++++
> > > arch/x86/include/asm/processor.h | 16 ++
> > > arch/x86/kernel/Makefile | 1 +
> > > arch/x86/kernel/mpx.c | 417
> > ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
> > > arch/x86/kernel/traps.c | 61 +++++-
> > > include/uapi/asm-generic/siginfo.h | 9 +-
> > > include/uapi/linux/prctl.h | 6 +
> > > kernel/signal.c | 4 +
> > > kernel/sys.c | 12 +
> > > 11 files changed, 667 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) create mode
> > > 100644 Documentation/x86/intel_mpx.txt create mode 100644
> > > arch/x86/include/asm/mpx.h create mode 100644 arch/x86/kernel/mpx.c
> >
> > Such a patch submission is absolutely inadequate!
> >
> > Please outline:
> >
> > - a short summary of what the feature does
> >
> > - a short description of what hardware supports it today or will
> > support it in the future
> >
> > - a short description of whether the feature needs any
> > configuration from the user or it's entirely auto-enabled on
> > hardware that supports it.
> >
> > - a cost/benefit description to unrelated code: is this slowing down
> > anything else?
> >
> > - how does user-space compiler support stand, what's the expected
> > status there, etc.
> >
> > Only a small fraction of that information can be found in
> > Documentation/x86/intel_mpx.txt. in
> >
> > I'm absolutely sick of these semi-anonymous patch submissions from Intel, so
> > I'm NAK-ing it until it's communicated properly.
> >
> Ok. I will add related content into this documentation.
More importantly, put it into the 0/X mail! That's how people can
review such a patch set effectively.
Thanks,
Ingo
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