linux-kernel - Re: [RFC 2/2] kread: avoid duplicates

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Date:   Fri, 14 Apr 2023 09:35:11 -0700
From:   Luis Chamberlain <mcgrof@...nel.org>
To:     Greg KH <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
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Subject: Re: [RFC 2/2] kread: avoid duplicates

On Fri, Apr 14, 2023 at 08:35:53AM +0200, Greg KH wrote:
> On Thu, Apr 13, 2023 at 10:28:40PM -0700, Luis Chamberlain wrote:
> > With this we run into 0 wasted virtual memory bytes.
> 
> This changelog does not make any sense at all, sorry.  What are you
> doing here and why?

It's an RFC and the cover letter described the motivation looking for
ideas for an alternative, and it is the reason I was so terse on the
commit log.

  Luis