RFD: Fastpath amelioration of the KAISER/KPTI performance impact

2018-01-04 Thread Kalle A. Sandstrom
[presented with intent to amuse and edumacate, here's a little something something for the current performance crisis.] --- cut here --- Fastpath amelioration of the KAISER fixes' performance impact in Linux. Kalle A. Sandström, 20180104 [DRAFT VERSION 0: not for publication. not even for

RFD: Fastpath amelioration of the KAISER/KPTI performance impact

2018-01-04 Thread Kalle A. Sandstrom
[presented with intent to amuse and edumacate, here's a little something something for the current performance crisis.] --- cut here --- Fastpath amelioration of the KAISER fixes' performance impact in Linux. Kalle A. Sandström, 20180104 [DRAFT VERSION 0: not for publication. not even for

Re: kdbus refactoring?

2015-11-11 Thread Kalle A. Sandstrom
[unrelated quotes trimmed, attribution preserved.] > >> > On Sun, Nov 8, 2015 at 3:30 PM, Greg KH > >> > wrote: > >> >> On Sun, Nov 08, 2015 at 10:39:43PM +0100, Richard Weinberger wrote: > >> >>> > >> >>> If you rework/redesign something you have to know what you want to > >> >>> change. >

Re: kdbus refactoring?

2015-11-11 Thread Kalle A. Sandstrom
[unrelated quotes trimmed, attribution preserved.] > >> > On Sun, Nov 8, 2015 at 3:30 PM, Greg KH > >> > wrote: > >> >> On Sun, Nov 08, 2015 at 10:39:43PM +0100, Richard Weinberger wrote: > >> >>> > >> >>> If you rework/redesign something you have to know what you

Re: kdbus: to merge or not to merge?

2015-07-06 Thread Kalle A. Sandstrom
On Wed, Jul 01, 2015 at 06:51:41PM +0200, David Herrmann wrote: > Hi > Thanks for the answers; in response I've got some further questions. Again, apologies for length -- I apparently don't know how to discuss IPC tersely. > On Wed, Jul 1, 2015 at 2:03 AM, Kalle A. Sandstr

Re: kdbus: to merge or not to merge?

2015-07-06 Thread Kalle A. Sandstrom
On Wed, Jul 01, 2015 at 06:51:41PM +0200, David Herrmann wrote: Hi Thanks for the answers; in response I've got some further questions. Again, apologies for length -- I apparently don't know how to discuss IPC tersely. On Wed, Jul 1, 2015 at 2:03 AM, Kalle A. Sandstrom ksand...@iki.fi wrote

Re: kdbus: to merge or not to merge?

2015-06-30 Thread Kalle A. Sandstrom
[delurk; apparently kdbus is not receiving the architectural review it should. i've got quite a bit of knowledge on message-passing mechanisms in general, and kernel IPC in particular, so i'll weigh in uninvited. apologies for length. as my "proper" review on this topic is still under

Re: kdbus: to merge or not to merge?

2015-06-30 Thread Kalle A. Sandstrom
[delurk; apparently kdbus is not receiving the architectural review it should. i've got quite a bit of knowledge on message-passing mechanisms in general, and kernel IPC in particular, so i'll weigh in uninvited. apologies for length. as my proper review on this topic is still under