Re: [PATCH] avoid ifdefs in desc.h, getting rid of pack_ldt and pack_tss

[H. Peter Anvin]

Ingo Molnar wrote:
> > Well, "no functional changes" is not quite the same thing as "no 
> > object code changes".
>
> yeah, true, but the safest way to ensure no functional changes is to get 
> identical object code. In sched-devel.git i include obj comparisons to 
> cleanup patches as a self-assurance (and later bughunt helper) to make 
> sure a cleanup is really just a cleanup.

Of course.  "No object code changes" is a stronger statement, however, 
not all types of cleanups result in that.

It's highly useful when applied appropriately, though.  In particular, 
the programmer should know when object code changes are expected.

	-hpa
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