linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] out out damn perl

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Message-ID: <20150117080136.GA7396@amd>
Date:	Sat, 17 Jan 2015 09:01:36 +0100
From:	Pavel Machek <pavel@....cz>
To:	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
Cc:	Rob Landley <rob@...dley.net>,
	"linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] out out damn perl


On Tue 2015-01-06 15:50:24, Andrew Morton wrote:
> On Tue, 06 Jan 2015 17:41:35 -0600 Rob Landley <rob@...dley.net> wrote:
> 
> > Commit e6023367d779 added perl back to the kernel build in -rc6.
> > Replace 39 lines of perl with 4 lines of shell script.
> 
> Please resend this:
> 
> - Express the commit in the conventional fashion
> 
>   e6023367d779 ("x86, kaslr: Prevent .bss from overlaping initrd")
> 
>   - So that we all don't have to go look up the commit to find out
>     what happened.
> 
>   - So people can look up the commit in other trees, where the hash
>     might change.
> 
> - Cc the people who wrote and committed the patch.
> 
> - The offending commit has cc:stable, so have a think about adding a
>   cc:stable to this one as well.

Actually, I don't think this should go to stable. I like the patch,
but it is not a bug, and certainly not serious enough one.

> - The title is cute, but not terribly informative.

Cute :-).

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