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

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Date:	Thu, 10 Jul 2014 10:44:11 +0930
From:	Rusty Russell <rusty@...tcorp.com.au>
To:	Sam Ravnborg <sam@...nborg.org>,
	Rasmus Villemoes <linux@...musvillemoes.dk>
Cc:	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

Sam Ravnborg <sam@...nborg.org> writes:
> 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

Done, thanks!

Applied,
Rusty.
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