linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 1/2] time/namespace: Refactor copy-pasted helper into one copy

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Date:   Wed, 30 Nov 2022 11:15:41 +0100
From:   Jann Horn <jannh@...gle.com>
To:     Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>
Cc:     Andrei Vagin <avagin@...il.com>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/2] time/namespace: Refactor copy-pasted helper into one copy

On Tue, Nov 29, 2022 at 8:18 PM Jann Horn <jannh@...gle.com> wrote:
> find_timens_vvar_page() is not arch-specific, as can be seen from how all
> five per-architecture versions of it are the same.
> (arm64, powerpc and riscv are exactly the same; x86 and s390 have two
> characters difference inside a comment, less blank lines, and mark the
> !CONFIG_TIME_NS version as inline.)
>
> Refactor the five copies into a central copy in kernel/time/namespace.c.
>
> Marked for stable backporting because it is a prerequisite for the
> following patch.
>
> Cc: stable@...r.kernel.org
> Signed-off-by: Jann Horn <jannh@...gle.com>

Should I resend this one without the Cc stable as a standalone cleanup patch?