linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 0/2] x86,nmi: Section header fixes

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Message-ID: <20120618090731.GC28824@gmail.com>
Date:	Mon, 18 Jun 2012 11:07:31 +0200
From:	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...nel.org>
To:	Don Zickus <dzickus@...hat.com>
Cc:	baryluk@....if.uj.edu.pl, LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	JBeulich@...e.com, zhong@...ux.vnet.ibm.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH 0/2] x86,nmi: Section header fixes


* Don Zickus <dzickus@...hat.com> wrote:

> An earlier attempt at a fix for the problem described in the second patch was
> committed to Ingo's tree.  Later a smaller/cleaner patch was posted.  This
> series just reverts the original patch and then applies the second patch.
> 
> The second patch looks a lot cleaner this way instead of just provding the
> delta patch on top.
> 
> Ingo, let me know if this is not what you want.

Wouldnt this be nicer as a delta enhancement, instead of a 
revert+fix-done-differently?

That way we'd should that the original one was good as well, 
it's just that this one is easier to maintain.

Thanks,

	Ingo
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