From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.0 (2014-02-07) on aws-us-west-2-korg-lkml-1.web.codeaurora.org X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-2.2 required=3.0 tests=HEADER_FROM_DIFFERENT_DOMAINS, MAILING_LIST_MULTI,SPF_HELO_NONE,SPF_PASS,USER_AGENT_SANE_1 autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.0 Received: from mail.kernel.org (mail.kernel.org [198.145.29.99]) by smtp.lore.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D8168C35240 for ; Fri, 31 Jan 2020 07:17:21 +0000 (UTC) Received: from vger.kernel.org (vger.kernel.org [209.132.180.67]) by mail.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id AE0E324687 for ; Fri, 31 Jan 2020 07:17:21 +0000 (UTC) Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1728128AbgAaHRV (ORCPT ); Fri, 31 Jan 2020 02:17:21 -0500 Received: from mx2.suse.de ([195.135.220.15]:42644 "EHLO mx2.suse.de" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1727525AbgAaHRU (ORCPT ); Fri, 31 Jan 2020 02:17:20 -0500 X-Virus-Scanned: by amavisd-new at test-mx.suse.de Received: from relay2.suse.de (unknown [195.135.220.254]) by mx2.suse.de (Postfix) with ESMTP id D096FAB6D; Fri, 31 Jan 2020 07:17:17 +0000 (UTC) Date: Fri, 31 Jan 2020 08:17:16 +0100 From: Petr Mladek To: Josh Poimboeuf Cc: Miroslav Benes , Peter Zijlstra , Steven Rostedt , Joe Lawrence , Jessica Yu , x86@kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, mhiramat@kernel.org, bristot@redhat.com, jbaron@akamai.com, torvalds@linux-foundation.org, tglx@linutronix.de, mingo@kernel.org, namit@vmware.com, hpa@zytor.com, luto@kernel.org, ard.biesheuvel@linaro.org, live-patching@vger.kernel.org, Randy Dunlap , nstange@suse.de Subject: Re: [PATCH v3 5/6] x86/ftrace: Use text_poke() Message-ID: <20200131071716.GA9569@linux-b0ei> References: <20200122214239.ivnebi7hiabi5tbs@treble> <20200128150014.juaxfgivneiv6lje@treble> <20200128154046.trkpkdaz7qeovhii@pathway.suse.cz> <20200128170254.igb72ib5n7lvn3ds@treble> <20200129155951.qvf3tjsv2qvswciw@treble> <20200130095346.6buhb3reehijbamz@pathway.suse.cz> <20200130141733.krfdmirathscgkkp@treble> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20200130141733.krfdmirathscgkkp@treble> User-Agent: Mutt/1.10.1 (2018-07-13) Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Thu 2020-01-30 08:17:33, Josh Poimboeuf wrote: > On Thu, Jan 30, 2020 at 10:53:46AM +0100, Petr Mladek wrote: > > On Wed 2020-01-29 09:59:51, Josh Poimboeuf wrote: > > > In retrospect, the prerequisites for merging it should have been: > > > > OK, let me do one more move in this game. > > > > > > > 1) Document how source-based patches can be safely generated; > > > > I agree that the information are really scattered over many files > > in Documentation/livepatch/. > > Once again you're blithely ignoring my point and pretending I'm saying > something else. And you did that again further down in the email, but > what's the point of arguing if you're not going to listen. I have exactly the same feeling but the opposite way. > I would ask that you please put on your upstream hats and stop playing > politics. If the patch creation process is a secret, then by all means, > keep it secret. But then keep your GCC flag to yourself. The thing is that we do not have any magic secret. Best Regards, Petr