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

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Message-ID: <87k03cu2ut.ffs@tglx>
Date:   Wed, 30 Nov 2022 11:57:14 +0100
From:   Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>
To:     Jann Horn <jannh@...gle.com>
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 Wed, Nov 30 2022 at 11:15, Jann Horn wrote:
> 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?

Yes, please.