linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v3] ppc64le livepatch: implement reliable stacktrace for newer consistency models

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Date:   Wed, 09 May 2018 11:41:09 +1000
From:   Michael Ellerman <mpe@...erman.id.au>
To:     Josh Poimboeuf <jpoimboe@...hat.com>, Torsten Duwe <duwe@....de>
Cc:     Jiri Kosina <jkosina@...e.cz>, linuxppc-dev@...ts.ozlabs.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, Nicholas Piggin <npiggin@...il.com>,
        live-patching@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v3] ppc64le livepatch: implement reliable stacktrace for newer consistency models

Josh Poimboeuf <jpoimboe@...hat.com> writes:

> On Tue, May 08, 2018 at 10:38:32AM +0200, Torsten Duwe wrote:
>> On Mon, 7 May 2018 10:42:08 -0500
>> Josh Poimboeuf <jpoimboe@...hat.com> wrote:
>> 
>> > The subject doesn't actively describe what the patch does, maybe
>> > change it to something like:
>> > 
>> >   powerpc: Add support for HAVE_RELIABLE_STACKTRACE
>> > 
>> > or maybe
>> > 
>> >   powerpc: Add support for livepatch consistency model
>> 
>> Maybe $SUBJECT? You're absolutely right, the old subject was just a
>> leftover of my original attempt to just set the flag, before Miroslav
>> corrected me. I just kept on copying it without a second thought. Thanks
>> for noting.
>
> Generally we refer to it as "the consistency model".  So I would
> propose a minor edit:
>
>   ppc64le/livepatch: Implement reliable stack tracing for the consistency model

We use "powerpc" as the prefix.

So I've used:

  powerpc/livepatch: Implement reliable stack tracing for the consistency model


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