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

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Date:	Mon, 18 Jun 2012 09:33:05 -0400
From:	Don Zickus <dzickus@...hat.com>
To:	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...nel.org>
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

On Mon, Jun 18, 2012 at 11:07:31AM +0200, Ingo Molnar wrote:
> 
> * 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.

Ok.  I originally had a delta diff, but it looked ugly and hard to
understand the new changes.  That is why I did it this way.  I'll send the
delta enhancement and let you decide.

Cheers,
Don
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