From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1753185AbaGIUsH (ORCPT ); Wed, 9 Jul 2014 16:48:07 -0400 Received: from asavdk3.altibox.net ([109.247.116.14]:50959 "EHLO asavdk3.altibox.net" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1750896AbaGIUsF (ORCPT ); Wed, 9 Jul 2014 16:48:05 -0400 Date: Wed, 9 Jul 2014 22:47:59 +0200 From: Sam Ravnborg To: Rasmus Villemoes Cc: Rusty Russell , Paul Gortmaker , "H. Peter Anvin" , Andrew Morton , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: [PATCH] scripts: modpost: Remove numeric suffix pattern matching Message-ID: <20140709204759.GA32335@ravnborg.org> References: <1403685999-31013-1-git-send-email-linux@rasmusvillemoes.dk> <53AADC30.7080401@windriver.com> <8761jooaw2.fsf@rasmusvillemoes.dk> <87d2df768c.fsf@rustcorp.com.au> <20140709071319.GA30377@ravnborg.org> <87a98idg2r.fsf_-_@rasmusvillemoes.dk> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <87a98idg2r.fsf_-_@rasmusvillemoes.dk> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.23 (2014-03-12) Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Wed, Jul 09, 2014 at 11:41:48AM +0200, Rasmus Villemoes wrote: > For several years, the pattern "foo$" has effectively been treated as > equivalent to "foo" due to a bug in the (misnamed) helper > number_prefix(). This hasn't been observed to cause any problems, so > remove the broken $ functionality and change all foo$ patterns to foo. > > Signed-off-by: Rasmus Villemoes > --- > Sam, was this what you meant? Otherwise, I'd be more than happy to > leave the issue to someone else. Exactly - thanks. Acked-by: Sam Ravnborg Rusty - I assume you pick this up and channel it through the module tree. Sam