Re: [PATCH 0/2] x86,nmi: Section header fixes

From: Don Zickus
Date: Mon Jun 18 2012 - 09:33:47 EST


On Mon, Jun 18, 2012 at 11:07:31AM +0200, Ingo Molnar wrote:
>
> * Don Zickus <dzickus@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> > An earlier attempt at a fix for the problem described in the second patch was
> > committed to Ingo's tree. Later a smaller/cleaner patch was posted. This
> > series just reverts the original patch and then applies the second patch.
> >
> > The second patch looks a lot cleaner this way instead of just provding the
> > delta patch on top.
> >
> > Ingo, let me know if this is not what you want.
>
> Wouldnt this be nicer as a delta enhancement, instead of a
> revert+fix-done-differently?
>
> That way we'd should that the original one was good as well,
> it's just that this one is easier to maintain.

Ok. I originally had a delta diff, but it looked ugly and hard to
understand the new changes. That is why I did it this way. I'll send the
delta enhancement and let you decide.

Cheers,
Don
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