linux-kernel - Re: [GIT PULL] x86/platform updates for v5.10

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Message-ID: <20201013111158.GD32151@zn.tnic>
Date:   Tue, 13 Oct 2020 13:11:58 +0200
From:   Borislav Petkov <bp@...e.de>
To:     Mike Travis <mike.travis@....com>
Cc:     Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>,
        x86-ml <x86@...nel.org>, lkml <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [GIT PULL] x86/platform updates for v5.10

On Mon, Oct 12, 2020 at 02:58:07PM -0700, Mike Travis wrote:
> I was in the process of tracing it through and perhaps it does need a bit
> more analysis to be correct.  What does it mean to send a patch to fix the
> compile error, just remove it?

Yes, to remove it for now as it is unused currently. But making it an
unsigned long is ok too AFAICT. So should I queue it and send it to
Linus later?

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Regards/Gruss,
    Boris.

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