Re: [PATCH 1/3] x86/resctrl: Move setting task's active CPU in a mask into helpers

[Borislav Petkov]

On Mon, Dec 07, 2020 at 01:24:51PM -0800, Reinette Chatre wrote:
> How about:
> "Move the setting of the CPU on which a task is running in a CPU mask into a
> couple of helpers.
> 
> There is no functional change. This is a preparatory change for the fix in
> the following patch from where the Fixes tag is copied."

Almost. Just not call it a "following patch" because once this is
applied, the following one might be a different one depending on the
ordering a git command has requested. So a "later patch" would be
probably better.

> Correct. I will add it. The addition to the commit message above aims to
> explain a Fixes tag to a patch with no functional changes.

Yes but you need to tell the stable people somehow that this one is a
prerequisite and that they should pick it up too.

Unless you can reorg your code this way that you don't need patch 1...

Thx.

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