linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] scripts: modpost: Remove numeric suffix pattern matching

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Date:	Wed, 9 Jul 2014 22:47:59 +0200
From:	Sam Ravnborg <sam@...nborg.org>
To:	Rasmus Villemoes <linux@...musvillemoes.dk>
Cc:	Rusty Russell <rusty@...tcorp.com.au>,
	Paul Gortmaker <paul.gortmaker@...driver.com>,
	"H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...ux.intel.com>,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] scripts: modpost: Remove numeric suffix pattern matching

On Wed, Jul 09, 2014 at 11:41:48AM +0200, Rasmus Villemoes wrote:
> For several years, the pattern "foo$" has effectively been treated as
> equivalent to "foo" due to a bug in the (misnamed) helper
> number_prefix(). This hasn't been observed to cause any problems, so
> remove the broken $ functionality and change all foo$ patterns to foo.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Rasmus Villemoes <linux@...musvillemoes.dk>
> ---
> Sam, was this what you meant? Otherwise, I'd be more than happy to
> leave the issue to someone else.
Exactly - thanks.
Acked-by: Sam Ravnborg <sam@...nborg.org>

Rusty - I assume you pick this up and channel it through the module tree.

	Sam
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