linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v2] lib/xz: remove dead IA-64 (Itanium) support code

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Message-ID: <ad39c405-bf7a-422b-9f33-248ba9d6b824@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 14 Oct 2025 10:25:31 +0530
From: Ankan Biswas <spyjetfayed@...il.com>
To: Lasse Collin <lasse.collin@...aani.org>,
 Kuan-Wei Chiu <visitorckw@...il.com>
Cc: skhan@...uxfoundation.org, khalid@...nel.org,
 david.hunter.linux@...il.com, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
 linux-kernel-mentees@...ts.linux.dev
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2] lib/xz: remove dead IA-64 (Itanium) support code

On 10/14/25 2:14 AM, Lasse Collin wrote:
> On 2025-10-14 Kuan-Wei Chiu wrote:
>> On Mon, Oct 13, 2025 at 11:01:58PM +0530, Ankan Biswas wrote:
>>> Note that the upstream version of xz_dec_bcj.c still retains support
>>> for the IA-64 BCJ filter.
>>
>> Not sure if it's necessary to mention this, but I guess it's fine.
> 
> Information about upstream version isn't needed in Linux commit log, so
> that sentence could be omitted.
>

It felt like a good idea to put this info, but since it is not directly
related to the kernel I would remove it for v3.
>> I'm not quite sure what you changed in v2 compared to v1.
> 
> It added the second hunk to the diff of xz_private.h.
> 
>> Lasse,
>> Since this change is located under lib/, I assume it will be routed
>> through Andrew's tree?
>> If that's the case, then perhaps we should also Cc Andrew.
> 
> Yes, putting him into the To field and others as Cc should make the
> patch go forward. Sorry that I didn't notice and comment this myself
> earlier.
> 

I will add Andrew Morton for v3 in To, and the rest in Cc and add the 
changelog part.


Hi Kuan-Wei and Lasse,

Thank you for your feedback, it was very helpful.

Regards,
Ankan Biswas