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Message-ID: <1abbf7dced75b9fa62e03ea9d199e98204ce23df.camel@perches.com>
Date:   Wed, 10 Feb 2021 17:15:46 -0800
From:   Joe Perches <joe@...ches.com>
To:     Kees Cook <keescook@...omium.org>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        Jonathan Corbet <corbet@....net>
Cc:     linux-doc@...r.kernel.org, Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>,
        Krzysztof Kozlowski <krzk@...nel.org>,
        Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] Documentation: Replace more lkml.org links with lore

On Wed, 2021-02-10 at 15:40 -0800, Kees Cook wrote:
> As started by commit 05a5f51ca566 ("Documentation: Replace lkml.org
> links with lore"), replace a few more scattered lkml.org links with
> lore to better use a single source that's more likely to stay available
> long-term.

The subject title seems odd as the modified files aren't
in the Documentation/ path, but the CREDIT change seems fine.

The Makefile.include bit maybe should be modified as
gcc 4.8 is no longer supported.

> diff --git a/CREDITS b/CREDITS
[]
> @@ -550,7 +550,7 @@ D: gadget layers, SPI subsystem, GPIO subsystem, and more than a few
>  D: device drivers.  His encouragement also helped many engineers get
>  D: started working on the Linux kernel.  David passed away in early
>  D: 2011, and will be greatly missed.
> -W: https://lkml.org/lkml/2011/4/5/36
> +W: https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/20110405034819.GA7872@kroah.com
>  
> 
>  N: Gary Brubaker
>  E: xavyer@...netcom.com
> diff --git a/tools/scripts/Makefile.include b/tools/scripts/Makefile.include
[]
> @@ -86,7 +86,8 @@ endif
>  # in newer systems.
>  # Needed for the __raw_cmpxchg in tools/arch/x86/include/asm/cmpxchg.h
>  #
> -# See https://lkml.org/lkml/2006/11/28/253 and https://gcc.gnu.org/gcc-4.8/changes.html,
> +# See https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/9a8748490611281710g78402fbeh8ff7fcc162dbcbca@mail.gmail.com/
> +# and https://gcc.gnu.org/gcc-4.8/changes.html,
>  # that takes into account Linus's comments (search for Wshadow) for the reasoning about
>  # -Wshadow not being interesting before gcc 4.8.