linux-kernel - Re: [PATCHv2 2/3] x86, ptdump: Simplify page flag evaluation code

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Message-ID: <20140926111533.GA9870@gmail.com>
Date:	Fri, 26 Sep 2014 13:15:33 +0200
From:	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...nel.org>
To:	Borislav Petkov <bp@...en8.de>
Cc:	Mathias Krause <minipli@...glemail.com>,
	Arjan van de Ven <arjan@...ux.intel.com>,
	Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...hat.com>,
	"H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>,
	"linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	x86-ml <x86@...nel.org>, Peter Zijlstra <a.p.zijlstra@...llo.nl>
Subject: Re: [PATCHv2 2/3] x86, ptdump: Simplify page flag evaluation code


* Borislav Petkov <bp@...en8.de> wrote:

> On Fri, Sep 26, 2014 at 11:25:39AM +0200, Ingo Molnar wrote:
>
> > We always welcome cleanups that are a side effect of feature 
> > work. Cleanups for code that is perfectly readable, just for 
> > cleanup's sake, is counterproductive ...
> 
> Greg says there's enough work to be done in the staging drivers 
> if people wanna. :-)

Yeah, and drivers/staging/ is often unreadable code, so doing 
cleanups there is inherently useful.

Thanks,

	Ingo
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