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

- From: Ingo Molnar \<mingo@kernel.org\>
- Date: 2026-07-17 09:39:09 
- List: linux-fbdev
- Page: https://ratatoskr.run/linux-fbdev/2026/07/17274003
- Thread: https://ratatoskr.run/linux-pm/2026/06/17185889/t.md

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* Juergen Gross [ref] wrote:

> On 02.07.26 12:07, Ingo Molnar wrote:
> > 
> > * 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.
> 
> Ingo, would you be fine with me posting patch updates just as replies to the
> original patch emails? This would speed things up, as I wouldn't need to wait
> for more review input of all the patches before sending out new versions.

Sure, that works for me too. I've picked up a couple of -v2 patches
already.

Thanks,

	Ingo
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