linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 12/16] arm64: prefer __section from compiler

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Date:   Mon, 26 Aug 2019 10:03:53 -0700
From:   Nick Desaulniers <ndesaulniers@...gle.com>
To:     Miguel Ojeda <miguel.ojeda.sandonis@...il.com>
Cc:     Will Deacon <will@...nel.org>,
        Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
        Sedat Dilek <sedat.dilek@...il.com>,
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Subject: Re: [PATCH 12/16] arm64: prefer __section from compiler_attributes.h

On Sat, Aug 24, 2019 at 5:48 AM Miguel Ojeda
<miguel.ojeda.sandonis@...il.com> wrote:
>
> On Sat, Aug 24, 2019 at 1:25 PM Will Deacon <will@...nel.org> wrote:
> >
> > Which bit are you pinging about? This patch (12/16) has been in -next for a
> > while and is queued in the arm64 tree for 5.4. The Oops/boot issue is
> > addressed in patch 14 which probably needs to be sent as a separate patch
> > (with a commit message) if it's targetting 5.3 and, I assume, routed via
> > somebody like akpm.
>
> I was pinging about the bit I was quoting, i.e. whether the Oops in
> the cover letter was #14 indeed. Also, since Nick said he wanted to
> get this ASAP through compiler-attributes, I assumed he wanted it to
> be in 5.3, but I have not seen the independent patch.
>
> Since he seems busy, I will write a better commit message myself and
> send it to Linus next week.

Sorry, very hectic week here last week.  I'll try to get the import
bit split off, collect the acks/reviewed-by tags, and resend a v2 of
the series this week.
-- 
Thanks,
~Nick Desaulniers