Re: [PATCH net-next 00/12] fscache: Fixes, traces and development
Linus Torvalds writes: (Summary) In fact, even then it's generally fine to just point to the git tree and just mention the patches that extend out of just the pure subsystem (and why they do so)....
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Linus Torvalds writes: (Summary) I ended up re-doing the merge, and it looks like some more sctp changes happened after Stephen's merge anyway, so mine didn't end up quite like his. quite like his....
View ArticleRe: [PATCH 00/20] afs: Fixes and development
Linus Torvalds writes: (Summary) wrote: [...] are: So I pulled this after your updated fscache pull request, and I notice that these three commits are duplicate (not shared): that these three commits...
View ArticleRe: [GIT PULL] SELinux patches for v4.17
Linus Torvalds writes: (Summary) wrote:[...] handle the checks required via security_socket_connect(): Ok, thanks, that's exactly what I wanted to get. Ok, thanks, that's exactly what I wanted to get....
View ArticleRe: [PATCH 00/20] afs: Fixes and development
Linus Torvalds writes: On Sat, Apr 7, 2018 at 10:19 AM, Al Viro <viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk> wrote: [...] get rid of dget_parent() there at the same time. Ok, I will skip the afs updates for now,...
View ArticleRe: [PATCH v2 1/3] mm/gup_benchmark: handle gup failures
Linus Torvalds writes: On Thu, Apr 5, 2018 at 2:03 PM, Michael S. Tsirkin <mst@redhat.com> wrote: [...] + i += nr; Can we just make this robust while at it, and just make it Can we just make this...
View ArticleRe: git source files with rw permissions
Linus Torvalds writes: On Thu, Apr 5, 2018 at 5:53 PM, Joe Perches <joe@perches.com> wrote: [...] awk '{print $9}' A simpler version of this is: A simpler version of this is: git ls-files -s...
View ArticleRe: [git pull] sparc syscall stuff
Linus Torvalds writes: (Summary) On Sat, Apr 7, 2018 at 1:44 PM, Al Viro <viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk> wrote: [...] resolution into #test-merge. You say "keep in mind that casts to u64 are needed...
View ArticleRe: [PATCH v2] add -Wpointer-arith sparse flag to toggle sizeof(vo ...
Linus Torvalds writes: Ack, looks sane. Ack, looks sane. Linus Linus Linus
View ArticleRe: [GIT PULL] s390 patches for the 4.17 merge window #1
Linus Torvalds writes: (Summary) On Mon, Apr 9, 2018 at 6:18 AM, Martin Schwidefsky<schwidefsky@de.ibm.com> Maybe the original was marked as spam too and I didn't notice, and it got deleted with...
View ArticleRe: [PULL] alpha.git
Linus Torvalds writes: (Summary) wrote: [...] for you to fetch changes up to cd0e00c106722eca40b38ebf11cf134c01901086: They aren't actually where you claimed. They aren't actually where you claimed....
View ArticleRe: [GIT PULL] s390 patches for the 4.17 merge window #1
Linus Torvalds writes: (Summary) But I also obviously just scan it quickly, so the first one being missed and just deleted in my daily scan is not all that surprising if it triggered the gmail spam...
View ArticleRe: [PATCH] vhost: fix vhost_vq_access_ok() log check
Linus Torvalds writes: (Summary) wrote: [...] return ret; That logic is still very non-obvious. That logic is still very non-obvious. This code already had one bug because of an odd illegible test...
View ArticleRe: [bisected] 3c8ba0d61d04ced9f8d9ff93977995a9e4e96e91 oopses on s390
Linus Torvalds writes: (Summary) Oooh. Oooh. [ Raises hand, and says "I know, I know, pick me, pick me" ] [ Raises hand, and says "I know, I know, pick me, pick me" ] min_not_zero() hasinternal...
View ArticleRe: [bisected] 3c8ba0d61d04ced9f8d9ff93977995a9e4e96e91 oopses on s390
Linus Torvalds writes: (Summary) 17 +++++++++-------- 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-) diff --git a/include/linux/kernel.h b/include/linux/kernel.h index 4ae1dfd9bf05..52b70894eaa5...
View ArticleRe: [bisected] 3c8ba0d61d04ced9f8d9ff93977995a9e4e96e91 oopses on s390
Linus Torvalds writes: On Mon, Apr 9, 2018 at 10:11 AM, Sebastian Ott <sebott@linux.ibm.com> wrote: [...] When I change these it works. Mind testing the slightly more complex patch I just emailed...
View ArticleRe: [bisected] 3c8ba0d61d04ced9f8d9ff93977995a9e4e96e91 oopses on s390
Linus Torvalds writes: (Summary) Maybe "make __UNIQUE_ID easier to use and encourage that model" is the right answer. right answer. Right now "__UNIQUE_ID" is actually really nasty in several ways:...
View ArticleRe: [bisected] 3c8ba0d61d04ced9f8d9ff93977995a9e4e96e91 oopses on s390
Linus Torvalds writes: (Summary) Having to pass it off to a second macro to use as a variable name makes it cumbersome to use for most normal macro cases. normal macro cases. It would be nice to have...
View ArticleRe: [PATCH 0/3] syscalls: clean up stub naming convention
Linus Torvalds writes: (Summary) On Powerpc, for example, when you pass an "int" argument, the ABI specifies that you have to sign-extend the register in the caller to 64 bits. 64 bits. And the...
View ArticleRe: [GIT PULL] platform-drivers-x86 for 4.17-1
Linus Torvalds writes: On Tue, Apr 10, 2018 at 10:12 AM, Andy Shevchenko<andriy.shevchenko@linux.intel.com> wrote:[...] two failed one-liner hunks situated in one file. I'm not sure what git...
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