linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v2 RESEND] LoongArch: Remove unused kernel stack padding

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Message-ID: <78b76ffd-f668-239c-eb97-654bbe6eccc0@xen0n.name>
Date:   Wed, 26 Oct 2022 21:27:39 +0800
From:   WANG Xuerui <kernel@...0n.name>
To:     Jinyang He <hejinyang@...ngson.cn>,
        Huacai Chen <chenhuacai@...nel.org>,
        Oleg Nesterov <oleg@...hat.com>
Cc:     Xi Ruoyao <xry111@...111.site>, loongarch@...ts.linux.dev,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 RESEND] LoongArch: Remove unused kernel stack padding

On 2022/10/26 21:24, Jinyang He wrote:
> Emm, to be honest, I didn't do tests like LTP. I ususally do development
> on CLFS-LoongArch while kernel has this patch. And it works normally.

For changes touching fundamental parts that make the system work at all, 
like this, "it continues to boot and work" usually is enough for 
confirming correctness. Although some harder test runs would certainly 
be better ;-)

-- 
WANG "xen0n" Xuerui

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