Re: [PATCH 0/3] /proc/kmem cleanups and hwpoison bits

[Geert Uytterhoeven]

On Wed, Sep 16, 2009 at 13:26, Hugh Dickins <hugh.dickins@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> On Wed, 16 Sep 2009, Geert Uytterhoeven wrote:
>> On Tue, Sep 15, 2009 at 12:16, Hugh Dickins <hugh.dickins@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>> > Warning: it may be rubbish, it may just be a hack which appeared to
>> > work for me the last time I tried, on a particular address range of a
>> > particular set of configurations of a particular set of architectures
>> > (x86_32, x86_64, powerpc64). ÂI've never thought it through enough to
>> > consider submitting, but it _might_ contain something useful for you
>> > to factor into your own efforts.
>> >
>> > Sorry for chucking it over the wall to you in this way, but I guess
>> > that's better than just sitting quietly on it for a few more years.
>> >
>> > Certainly-Not-Signed-off-by: Hugh Dickins <hugh.dickins@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>
> I think that gives a good idea of the status of this patch:
> I'm not making any policy decisions here or submitting to any tree.

OK, that was my understanding, too.

But I thought it would hurt to verify. You never know who's gonna take
your patch and (try to) sneak it in ;-)

Gr{oetje,eeting}s,

						Geert

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