Re: [PATCH] x86: unify "numa=" command line option handling

From: Ingo Molnar
Date: Fri Jan 07 2011 - 10:13:14 EST



* Jan Beulich <JBeulich@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> >>> On 07.01.11 at 15:22, Ingo Molnar <mingo@xxxxxxx> wrote:
> > Your -stable comment above made it appear to me as if you knew about a
> > specific
> > system that crashed this way? As long as it's only theoretical i'm not sure
> > it
> > warrants a -stable backport.
>
> Yes, I do have a system affected (which made me craft the patch
> in the first place).

In that case it's very useful to start the commit with:

System XYZ crashes during bootup due to a bug in numa= command line option
handling.

That will also cause me to add an immediate -stable backport tag from me, even if
you dont add it. Keeping it all optional and theoretical with 'it may crash' wording
just hides the essential piece of information that there's a real system affected by
the bug.

Thanks,

Ingo
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