linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v11 09/14] module: Move kallsyms support into a separate file

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Message-ID: <20220703135708.kn535pdrqv24f7kn@ava.usersys.com>
Date:   Sun, 3 Jul 2022 14:57:08 +0100
From:   Aaron Tomlin <atomlin@...hat.com>
To:     Steven Rostedt <rostedt@...dmis.org>
Cc:     Luis Chamberlain <mcgrof@...nel.org>, christophe.leroy@...roup.eu,
        cl@...ux.com, mbenes@...e.cz, akpm@...ux-foundation.org,
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        atomlin@...mlin.com, allen.lkml@...il.com, joe@...ches.com,
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        jason.wessel@...driver.com, pmladek@...e.com,
        daniel.thompson@...aro.org, hch@...radead.org,
        Chuck Lever III <chuck.lever@...cle.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v11 09/14] module: Move kallsyms support into a separate
 file

On Sun 2022-07-03 09:23 -0400, Steven Rostedt wrote:
> BTW, *NEVER* modify code that you are moving. Really, *NEVER* do that!
> 
> It makes debugging much more difficult, like in this very case.
> 
> *ALWAYS* have the moving of code be a separate patch. Keep as most
> identical as humanly possible. Even keep white space errors the same!
> You can add a clean up patch before or after the move. But never do it
> as one patch!

Hi Steve,

I completely agree and noted.

> You even stated "no functional change" which was a lie. Converting
> strlcpy() to strscpy() *is* a functional change!

Understood.


Kind regards,

-- 
Aaron Tomlin