Re: [PATCH] ARM: head-common.S: Clear lr before jumping to start_kernel()

[Russell King - ARM Linux]

On Sat, Oct 14, 2017 at 11:49:25AM -0400, Nicolas Pitre wrote:
> On Sat, 14 Oct 2017, Russell King - ARM Linux wrote:
> > On Sat, Oct 14, 2017 at 03:14:05PM +0100, Russell King - ARM Linux wrote:
> > > On Thu, Oct 12, 2017 at 11:25:50AM -0400, Nicolas Pitre wrote:
> > > > It should go into your devel-testing branch as this must be applied on 
> > > > top of my xip_zdata branch that you merged there.
> > > 
> > > Thanks, it would've been good to have known that ahead of time.
> > > 
> > > It's why the patch system has the KernelVersion: tag:
> > > 
> > >  6. Kernel version.
> > >     On a separate line, add a tag "KernelVersion: " followed by the kernel
> > >     version that the patch was generated against. This should be formatted
> > >     as "KernelVersion: 2.6.0-rmk1"
> > > 
> > > This is because that information is relevant for knowing where it should
> > > be applied, and to which branch.  Having it be something else means I
> > > have to guess, and that can result in the patch being discarded in this
> > > manner if I don't find where it's supposed to be applied.
> > > 
> > > Yes, I know it's a pain to have to supply this information, but giving
> > > accurate information there makes things a lot easier and quicker when
> > > applying patches, rather than playing a game of "guess where it needs
> > > to be applied, nope, doesn't apply there, try somewhere else."
> > > 
> > > Various people in the kernel community have different solutions to this.
> > > For example, on netdev, it is preferred to state whether you want your
> > > patch to be applied to "net" or "net-next" by adding that into the
> > > "[PATCH ...]" tag in the subject line.  It's really about streamlining
> > > the patch submission and application process.
> > 
> > The tag can take a plain kernel version and a kernel version suffixed
> > with a shortened git hash (please avoid the full hash, it doesn't
> > display well with the web presentation, and will probably be truncated
> > when it's inserted into the database.)
> 
> Probably what you want is the output of 'git describe'.

Yes and no.  It certainly contains the information, but I think it's
too long.  4.14-rc1-g123456789abc is sufficient - no need for the
leading 'v' and no need for a count of the number of commits between
the tag and the shortened sha hash.

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