linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 0/3] /proc/kmem cleanups and hwpoison bits

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Date:	Wed, 16 Sep 2009 13:42:20 +0200
From:	Geert Uytterhoeven <geert@...ux-m68k.org>
To:	Hugh Dickins <hugh.dickins@...cali.co.uk>
Cc:	Wu Fengguang <fengguang.wu@...el.com>,
	KAMEZAWA Hiroyuki <kamezawa.hiroyu@...fujitsu.com>,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Benjamin Herrenschmidt <benh@...nel.crashing.org>,
	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>, Tejun Heo <tj@...nel.org>,
	Nick Piggin <npiggin@...e.de>,
	LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>, linux-m68k@...r.kernel.org,
	sparclinux@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 0/3] /proc/kmem cleanups and hwpoison bits

On Wed, Sep 16, 2009 at 13:26, Hugh Dickins <hugh.dickins@...cali.co.uk> wrote:
> On Wed, 16 Sep 2009, Geert Uytterhoeven wrote:
>> On Tue, Sep 15, 2009 at 12:16, Hugh Dickins <hugh.dickins@...cali.co.uk> wrote:
>> > Warning: it may be rubbish, it may just be a hack which appeared to
>> > work for me the last time I tried, on a particular address range of a
>> > particular set of configurations of a particular set of architectures
>> > (x86_32, x86_64, powerpc64).  I've never thought it through enough to
>> > consider submitting, but it _might_ contain something useful for you
>> > to factor into your own efforts.
>> >
>> > Sorry for chucking it over the wall to you in this way, but I guess
>> > that's better than just sitting quietly on it for a few more years.
>> >
>> > Certainly-Not-Signed-off-by: Hugh Dickins <hugh.dickins@...cali.co.uk>
>
> I think that gives a good idea of the status of this patch:
> I'm not making any policy decisions here or submitting to any tree.

OK, that was my understanding, too.

But I thought it would hurt to verify. You never know who's gonna take
your patch and (try to) sneak it in ;-)

Gr{oetje,eeting}s,

						Geert

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