linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] dump_stack: convert generic dump

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Date:   Wed, 7 Mar 2018 23:41:42 +1100
From:   Stephen Rothwell <sfr@...b.auug.org.au>
To:     Sergey Senozhatsky <sergey.senozhatsky.work@...il.com>
Cc:     Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>, Petr Mladek <pmladek@...e.com>,
        Tejun Heo <tj@...nel.org>,
        Steven Rostedt <rostedt@...dmis.org>,
        Dave Young <dyoung@...hat.com>,
        Andi Kleen <ak@...ux.intel.com>,
        Greentime Hu <green.hu@...il.com>,
        Vincent Chen <deanbo422@...il.com>,
        Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>,
        Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
        adi-buildroot-devel@...ts.sourceforge.net,
        Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        Sergey Senozhatsky <sergey.senozhatsky@...il.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] dump_stack: convert generic dump_stack into a weak
 symbol

Hi Sergey,

On Wed, 7 Mar 2018 20:48:56 +0900 Sergey Senozhatsky <sergey.senozhatsky.work@...il.com> wrote:
>
> On (03/07/18 11:57), Arnd Bergmann wrote:
> [..]
> > >> Originally I planned to wait a few more releases, but the last maintainer
> > >> has commented that he will now send a patch for immediate removal,
> > >> so 4.17 is almost certain at this point.  
> > >
> > > Would be great to get it removed as soon as possible then. Otherwise we
> > > will get broken blackfin build errors from Stephen (or would need to hold
> > > off Dave's patch).  
> > 
> > You could also add a patch to your tree that removes the blackfin
> > dump_stack() function, or we could ask Stephen and the other
> > people operating build bots to stop building blackfin right now
> > (they will have to do that anyway once the arch gets removed).  
> 
> OK. Petr, Stephen, what would be your preference?

I can easily stop building blackfin - and, if the intention is to
remove it, there is not much point in wasting resources building it any
anyway.

-- 
Cheers,
Stephen Rothwell

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