linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 1/3] x86/kexec: Correct KEXEC_BACKUP_SRC

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Message-ID: <20181015111843.GB10240@zn.tnic>
Date:   Mon, 15 Oct 2018 13:18:43 +0200
From:   Borislav Petkov <bp@...e.de>
To:     Dave Young <dyoung@...hat.com>
Cc:     Bjorn Helgaas <helgaas@...nel.org>, thomas.lendacky@....com,
        brijesh.singh@....com, Lianbo Jiang <lijiang@...hat.com>,
        bhe@...hat.com, tiwai@...e.de, x86@...nel.org,
        kexec@...ts.infradead.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        akpm@...ux-foundation.org, mingo@...hat.com,
        baiyaowei@...s.chinamobile.com, hpa@...or.com,
        dan.j.williams@...el.com, tglx@...utronix.de,
        Vivek Goyal <vgoyal@...hat.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/3] x86/kexec: Correct KEXEC_BACKUP_SRC_END off-by-one
 error

On Mon, Oct 15, 2018 at 12:51:38PM +0800, Dave Young wrote:
> > Since the fix of checking the end is in another patch, probably merge
> > these two patches so that they are in one patch to avoid break bisect. 
> 
> Not sure if above comment was missed, Boris, would you mind to fold the
> patch 1 and 2?

Without any further explanation about a potential bisection breaking,
there's nothing I can do.

-- 
Regards/Gruss,
    Boris.

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