linux-kernel - Re: [GIT PULL] compiler-attributes for v5.3-rc8

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Date:   Thu, 5 Sep 2019 10:22:32 -0700
From:   Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>
To:     Nick Desaulniers <ndesaulniers@...gle.com>
Cc:     Miguel Ojeda <miguel.ojeda.sandonis@...il.com>,
        Will Deacon <will@...nel.org>,
        Josh Poimboeuf <jpoimboe@...hat.com>,
        "Naveen N. Rao" <naveen.n.rao@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>,
        "David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>,
        Paul Burton <paul.burton@...s.com>,
        Sedat Dilek <sedat.dilek@...il.com>,
        Linux List Kernel Mailing <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [GIT PULL] compiler-attributes for v5.3-rc8

On Thu, Sep 5, 2019 at 10:18 AM Nick Desaulniers
<ndesaulniers@...gle.com> wrote:
>
> Please consider picking up just:
> https://github.com/ojeda/linux/commit/c97e82b97f4bba00304905fe7965f923abd2d755
> That lone patch is the one that fixes the particularly observed Oops.
> The rest are just cleanup; if I made that change in the more important
> patch, why not clean up the rest of the instances in the kernel?

"Why not just clean up the rest" is how bugs happen.

If it's not a fix, and it's not marked for stable (or a regression
from the merge window) it shouldn't go in this late in the rc period.

Send me _fixes_. Don't send me stuff that is "fixes plus random
cleanups that were noticed at the same time".

                     Linus