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Date:	Sun, 26 Sep 2010 23:34:27 +0100
From:	Ben Hutchings <ben@...adent.org.uk>
To:	Al Viro <viro@...IV.linux.org.uk>
Cc:	LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>, linux-alpha@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/2] alpha: Make sys_getxpid() call do_getppid()

On Sun, 2010-09-26 at 23:28 +0100, Al Viro wrote:
[...]
> I planned to hold it back until the merge window, since it's not a bugfix,
> but with that one... what the hell, might as well do it.  Less asm glue
> is a Good Thing(tm).
> 
> One problem with your patch, though:
> 
> ; git grep do_getppid
> ;
> 
> IOW, which tree is that against?

The previous patch
<http://article.gmane.org/gmane.linux.ports.alpha/1165>, which I don't
intend to go into 2.6.36.

Ben.

-- 
Ben Hutchings
Once a job is fouled up, anything done to improve it makes it worse.

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