linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] avoid ifdefs in desc.h, getting rid of pack_ldt and pack

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Message-ID: <4761A944.1050503@redhat.com>
Date:	Thu, 13 Dec 2007 19:51:00 -0200
From:	Glauber de Oliveira Costa <gcosta@...hat.com>
To:	"H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>
CC:	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	akpm@...ux-foundation.org, glommer@...il.com, tglx@...utronix.de,
	ehabkost@...hat.com, jeremy@...p.org, avi@...ranet.com,
	anthony@...emonkey.ws, virtualization@...ts.linux-foundation.org,
	rusty@...tcorp.com.au, ak@...e.de, chrisw@...s-sol.org,
	rostedt@...dmis.org, zach@...are.com, roland@...hat.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH] avoid ifdefs in desc.h, getting rid of pack_ldt and	pack_tss

H. Peter Anvin wrote:
> Ingo Molnar wrote:
>>> Well, "no functional changes" is not quite the same thing as "no 
>>> object code changes".
>>
>> yeah, true, but the safest way to ensure no functional changes is to 
>> get identical object code. In sched-devel.git i include obj 
>> comparisons to cleanup patches as a self-assurance (and later bughunt 
>> helper) to make sure a cleanup is really just a cleanup.
> 
> Of course.  "No object code changes" is a stronger statement, however, 
> not all types of cleanups result in that.
> 
Which is the case here. I wasn't expecting the same object code. Anyway, 
the mistake is explained, and I'm about to send the correct version. 
Sorry again.
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