Re: [PATCH v3 5/6] x86/ftrace: Use text_poke()

[Petr Mladek]

On Thu 2020-01-30 08:17:33, Josh Poimboeuf wrote:
> On Thu, Jan 30, 2020 at 10:53:46AM +0100, Petr Mladek wrote:
> > On Wed 2020-01-29 09:59:51, Josh Poimboeuf wrote:
> > > In retrospect, the prerequisites for merging it should have been:
> > 
> > OK, let me do one more move in this game.
> > 
> > 
> > > 1) Document how source-based patches can be safely generated;
> > 
> > I agree that the information are really scattered over many files
> > in Documentation/livepatch/.
> 
> Once again you're blithely ignoring my point and pretending I'm saying
> something else.  And you did that again further down in the email, but
> what's the point of arguing if you're not going to listen.

I have exactly the same feeling but the opposite way.

> I would ask that you please put on your upstream hats and stop playing
> politics.  If the patch creation process is a secret, then by all means,
> keep it secret.  But then keep your GCC flag to yourself.

The thing is that we do not have any magic secret.

Best Regards,
Petr