linux-kernel - Re: sparc: bpf_jit: Rename jump labels in bpf_jit

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Date:   Mon, 5 Sep 2016 13:54:45 +0200
From:   Jean Delvare <jdelvare@...e.de>
To:     Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>
Cc:     Daniel Borkmann <daniel@...earbox.net>,
        Jonathan Corbet <corbet@....net>,
        David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>, sparclinux@...r.kernel.org,
        Adam Buchbinder <adam.buchbinder@...il.com>,
        Alexei Starovoitov <ast@...nel.org>,
        Rabin Vincent <rabin@....in>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        kernel-janitors@...r.kernel.org,
        Julia Lawall <julia.lawall@...6.fr>,
        Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@...hat.com>, linux-doc@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: sparc: bpf_jit: Rename jump labels in bpf_jit_compile()

On Mon, 5 Sep 2016 13:37:04 +0200, Peter Zijlstra wrote:
> On Mon, Sep 05, 2016 at 01:07:37PM +0200, Jean Delvare wrote:
> > Now I see in http://patchwork.ozlabs.org/patch/664966/ that Peter
> > Zijlstra reportedly changed the behavior of "diff -p" so that it
> > handles unindented C labels nicely. If this actually happens, it could
> > change my point of view. However I can't find this commit in upstream
> > diffutils. Peter, can you please clarify the situation? Is it just a
> > local hack on your own instance of "diff"?
> 
> I have it in my local .gitconfig, and recommend it to people who send me
> patches.

What does it look like, please?

> I've never tried to get diffutils fixed, although maybe I should.

If you don't want one-space-indented labels to become the norm, then
yes you should.

-- 
Jean Delvare
SUSE L3 Support