linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v4 4/9] vsprintf: Consolidate handling of unknown pointer specifiers

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Date:   Wed, 11 Apr 2018 11:52:18 +0200
From:   Petr Mladek <pmladek@...e.com>
To:     Andy Shevchenko <andriy.shevchenko@...ux.intel.com>
Cc:     Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>,
        Rasmus Villemoes <linux@...musvillemoes.dk>,
        "Tobin C . Harding" <me@...in.cc>, Joe Perches <joe@...ches.com>,
        Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
        Michal Hocko <mhocko@...e.cz>,
        Sergey Senozhatsky <sergey.senozhatsky@...il.com>,
        Steven Rostedt <rostedt@...dmis.org>,
        Sergey Senozhatsky <sergey.senozhatsky.work@...il.com>,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v4 4/9] vsprintf: Consolidate handling of unknown pointer
 specifiers

On Tue 2018-04-10 14:41:55, Andy Shevchenko wrote:
> On Mon, 2018-04-09 at 15:50 +0200, Petr Mladek wrote:
> > On Sat 2018-04-07 17:26:40, Andy Shevchenko wrote:
> > > On Wed, 2018-04-04 at 10:58 +0200, Petr Mladek wrote:
> 
> > > This change collides with my patch series. Can you elaborate what
> > > your
> > > thoughts are about my patches? Are you going incorporate them to
> > > your
> > > series? Should I send them independently?
> > 
> > Good question. I think that the best solution will be that I go
> > over your patchset and just add all valid ones into printk.git
> > for-4.18.
> 
> I think about 1-7 and 9 that can go as is before your changes.
> And patch 8 postpone

Done. All the 8 patches are in printk.git, branch
for-4.18-vsprintf-cleanup.

I am sorry that we have missed 4.17. In theory, it still might be
possible to push them there. But there does not seem to be a real
reason to rush them.

> >  Then I will base v5 of this patchset on top of it.
> 
> I'm going for vacation tomorrow. Can you just take them into your series
> or apply to your tree?

Good to know.

Enjoy vacation,
Petr