Re: [PATCH 12/16] arm64: prefer __section from compiler_attributes.h

From: Nick Desaulniers
Date: Mon Aug 26 2019 - 13:04:08 EST


On Sat, Aug 24, 2019 at 5:48 AM Miguel Ojeda
<miguel.ojeda.sandonis@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> On Sat, Aug 24, 2019 at 1:25 PM Will Deacon <will@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >
> > Which bit are you pinging about? This patch (12/16) has been in -next for a
> > while and is queued in the arm64 tree for 5.4. The Oops/boot issue is
> > addressed in patch 14 which probably needs to be sent as a separate patch
> > (with a commit message) if it's targetting 5.3 and, I assume, routed via
> > somebody like akpm.
>
> I was pinging about the bit I was quoting, i.e. whether the Oops in
> the cover letter was #14 indeed. Also, since Nick said he wanted to
> get this ASAP through compiler-attributes, I assumed he wanted it to
> be in 5.3, but I have not seen the independent patch.
>
> Since he seems busy, I will write a better commit message myself and
> send it to Linus next week.

Sorry, very hectic week here last week. I'll try to get the import
bit split off, collect the acks/reviewed-by tags, and resend a v2 of
the series this week.
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Thanks,
~Nick Desaulniers