linux-kernel - Re: Please revert 86c0baf123e474b6eb404798926ecf62b426bf3a

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Message-ID: <20070508155449.GB13212@flint.arm.linux.org.uk>
Date:	Tue, 8 May 2007 16:54:50 +0100
From:	Russell King <rmk+lkml@....linux.org.uk>
To:	Prarit Bhargava <prarit@...hat.com>
Cc:	Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Linux Kernel List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Andi Kleen <andi@...il.nowhere.org>
Subject: Re: Please revert 86c0baf123e474b6eb404798926ecf62b426bf3a

On Tue, May 08, 2007 at 11:19:46AM -0400, Prarit Bhargava wrote:
> Linus Torvalds wrote:
> >On Tue, 8 May 2007, Russell King wrote:
> >  
> >>Shall I invent __CPUINIT to mark data to always be thrown away, or are
> >>the x86 folk going to withdraw this patch and do it properly?
> >>    
> >
> >I can certainly revert the patch, but it would probably be better if you 
> >were to just start adding the infrastructure you need and send it as a new 
> >patch instead (where the revert is part of it, and the __CPUINIT is 
> >additional).
>
> I've sent Russell a new patch to test off-list.  He or I will submit a 
> fix here after he tests.

I'm not sure it'd make much sense for me to test it - I don't have x86
based test boxes here.

Assuming your intention is to revert this commit and replace it with your
patch which doesn't change the semantics of __INIT, it shouldn't cause me
any problems.

-- 
Russell King
 Linux kernel    2.6 ARM Linux   - http://www.arm.linux.org.uk/
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