# Re: \[PATCH 00/32\] x86/msr: Drop 32-bit MSR interfaces

- From: Ingo Molnar \<mingo@kernel.org\>
- Date: 2026-07-02 10:07:39 
- List: linux-fbdev
- Page: https://ratatoskr.run/linux-fbdev/2026/07/17203715
- Thread: https://ratatoskr.run/linux-pm/2026/06/17185889/t.md

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* Sean Christopherson [ref] wrote:

> > Note that the individual patches are IMO significantly easier to review
> > through the actual 32-bit => 64-bit variable assignment changes done
> > in isolation (which sometimes include minor cleanups), while
> > the Coccinelle semantic patch:
> > 
> >    { a(b,c) => c = a(b) }
> > 
> > which changes both the function signature and the order of terms as
> > well, is just a single add-on treewide patch.
> 
> Is the plan for subsystem maintainers to pick up the relevant patches,
> and then do the treewide change one release cycle later?

I'll try to keep the patches in a single tree (tip:x86/msr)
in the hope of not prolonging the pain two cycles - but it's
of course fine for maintainers to pick up the patches too
(most of them are standalone), we'll sort it all out in the end.

Thanks,

	Ingo
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