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

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Date:   Fri, 6 Sep 2019 17:06:55 -0700
From:   Nick Desaulniers <ndesaulniers@...gle.com>
To:     Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>
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 Fri, Sep 6, 2019 at 4:11 PM Linus Torvalds
<torvalds@...ux-foundation.org> wrote:
>
> On Fri, Sep 6, 2019 at 3:47 PM Nick Desaulniers <ndesaulniers@...gle.com> wrote:
> >
> > Sedat reported (https://github.com/ClangBuiltLinux/linux/issues/619#issuecomment-520042577,
> > https://github.com/ClangBuiltLinux/linux/issues/619#issuecomment-520065525)
> > that only the bottom two hunks of that patch
> > (https://github.com/ojeda/linux/commit/c97e82b97f4bba00304905fe7965f923abd2d755)
>
> [ missing "matters" or something here? ]

(Yes; I must have pasted the link over it, or I'm having an episode)

>
> If fixing two of the __section() uses in that tracing header file is
> needed, then just fix all four there. I'm ok with that.

So then Miguel should maybe split off a new branch, rebase to keep
just the relevant patch
(https://github.com/ojeda/linux/commit/c97e82b97f4bba00304905fe7965f923abd2d755),
and send a PR to you for inclusion in 5.3?
-- 
Thanks,
~Nick Desaulniers