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SubjectRe: How should I proceed to get commit 891348c to 3.0.y?
On Thu, Jan 24, 2013 at 12:50:50PM -0800, Greg KH wrote:
> On Thu, Jan 24, 2013 at 02:14:20PM -0600, Robin Holt wrote:
> > On Thu, Jan 24, 2013 at 12:00:34PM -0800, Greg KH wrote:
> > > On Thu, Jan 24, 2013 at 12:30:10PM -0600, Robin Holt wrote:
> > > > On Thu, Jan 24, 2013 at 10:15:35AM -0800, Greg KH wrote:
> > > > > On Thu, Jan 24, 2013 at 09:28:51AM -0600, Robin Holt wrote:
> > > > > >
> > > > > > I missed the email from 12/31 indicating commit 891348c was pulled from
> > > > > > the 3.0.y stable tree due to a build breakage.
> > > > > >
> > > > > > That commit requires the enum defined in traps.h by commit c940826. That,
> > > > > > in turn depends on commit 228bdaa95f which depends upon earlier commits.
> > > > > >
> > > > > > How should I proceed? Should I give you a patch that uses the constants
> > > > > > in xpc_main.c? Should I add a patch which just pulls the enum portion of
> > > > > > commit c940826 into traps.h? Any other direction you think this should go?
> > > > >
> > > > > I think the last one makes the most sense as that makes it all
> > > > > self-contained and sensible, right?
> > > >
> > > > git diff c940826~..c940826 -- arch/x86/include/asm/traps.h | patch -p1
> > > > git commit -a -c c940826
> > > >
> > > > Then fixed it up to add a Signed-off-by: Robin Holt <holt@sgi.com>
> > > >
> > > > I then did a make x86_64_defconfig, make menuconfig to get SGI_XP
> > > > selected. I ran into a compile error where traps.h line 56 was failing
> > > > on __kprobes not being defined. I added the #include <linux/kprobes.h>
> > > > and now it builds.
> > > >
> > > > Here is the munged commit I currently have. With that 891348c can be
> > > > cherry-picked and will build. How should I proceed? Is this enough
> > > > for you to make progress? Should I clear out those Signed-off-by
> > > > lines for the submitter and HPA or should those stay?
> > >
> > > They should stay. resend this saying where the patch came from, and I
> > > will be glad to apply it. Also tell me what the original patch you
> > > wanted me to apply was as well, I forgot it :)
> >
> > I changed the "Author:" line to me and added my own Signed-off-by:
> > line.
> >
> > The original commit which needed this fixup was 891348c
> >
> > Thanks,
> > Robin
> >
> > commit b4ff8081e86ebf7bb8c1d4c93dfaaf81a4539ee6
> > Author: Robin Holt <holt@sgi.com>
> > Date: Fri Mar 9 16:07:10 2012 -0800
> >
> > x86: Use enum instead of literals for trap values [PARTIAL]
> >
> > The traps are referred to by their numbers and it can be difficult to
> > understand them while reading the code without context. This patch adds
> > enumeration of the trap numbers and replaces the numbers with the correct
> > enum for x86.
> >
> > Signed-off-by: Kees Cook <keescook@chromium.org>
> > Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/20120310000710.GA32667@www.outflux.net
> > Signed-off-by: H. Peter Anvin <hpa@zytor.com>
> > Signed-off-by: Robin Holt <holt@sgi.com>
>
> No, don't loose the authorship info.
>
> {sigh}
>
> Ok, I've edited this up by hand and included it, and the original patch
> in the 3.0-stable tree, you should have an email about it now. Please
> verify I got it all right.

That looks good to me.

Thank you,
Robin Holt


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