Re: [PATCH 0/5] x86: Cleanups around slow_down_io()

[Ingo Molnar <mingo@xxxxxxxxxx>]

* Jürgen Groß <jgross@xxxxxxxx> wrote:

> > CPUs anymore. Should it cause any regressions, it's easy to bisect to.
> > There's been enough changes around all these facilities that the
> > original timings are probably way off already, so we've just been
> > cargo-cult porting these to newer kernels essentially.
>
> Fine with me.
>
> Which path to removal of io_delay would you (and others) prefer?
>
> 1. Ripping it out immediately.

I'd just rip it out immediately, and see who complains. :-)

Whatever side effects it still may have, I very strongly doubt it has
anything to do with the original purpose of IO delays...

> In cases 2-4 I'd still like to have patch 1 of my series applied, as it will
> make paravirt rework easier.

Sure.

Thanks,

        Ingo