linux-kernel - Re: [GIT PULL] Please pull powerpc/linux.git powerpc-5.12-1 tag

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Date:   Tue, 23 Feb 2021 11:53:53 +1100
From:   Michael Ellerman <mpe@...erman.id.au>
To:     Oliver O'Halloran <oohall@...il.com>,
        Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>
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Subject: Re: [GIT PULL] Please pull powerpc/linux.git powerpc-5.12-1 tag

"Oliver O'Halloran" <oohall@...il.com> writes:

> On Tue, Feb 23, 2021 at 9:44 AM Linus Torvalds
> <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org> wrote:
>>
>> On Mon, Feb 22, 2021 at 4:06 AM Michael Ellerman <mpe@...erman.id.au> wrote:
>> >
>> > Please pull powerpc updates for 5.12.
>>
>> Pulled. However:
>>
>> >  mode change 100755 => 100644 tools/testing/selftests/powerpc/eeh/eeh-functions.sh
>> >  create mode 100755 tools/testing/selftests/powerpc/eeh/eeh-vf-aware.sh
>> >  create mode 100755 tools/testing/selftests/powerpc/eeh/eeh-vf-unaware.sh
>>
>> Somebody is being confused.
>>
>> Why create two new shell scripts with the proper executable bit, and
>> then remove the executable bit from an existing one?
>>
>> That just seems very inconsistent.
>
> eeh-function.sh just provides some helper functions for the other
> scripts and doesn't do anything when executed directly. I thought
> making it non-executable made sense.

Yeah I think it does make sense. It just looks a bit odd in the diffstat
like this. Maybe if we called it lib.sh it would be more obvious?

cheers