From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: X-Google-Smtp-Source: AIpwx483FQmxVjW6S/MxsOPkO6ceXE7g8gF2AEsqsqdkBcSL8d95/zrDVdD1tRN5qjOXELVnvaVZ ARC-Seal: i=1; a=rsa-sha256; t=1524061915; cv=none; d=google.com; s=arc-20160816; b=zBcN1nwJy1GBqRN/6wyQbdzKz/p2Mkiuuswypmyq3IbB6A79TVttvveBovw+fcCAvO CGTaWrrX1QS3mDkK6Bzy+nIWxNiG6OxumVoDwe14BAmR0ssvRChzFoYaCAwt3rRmk3OO x0bDEaXva/ajUnGzgd6y8P+0X3UnYGrTKHndvKxb/O90q+BWc+UIBb0OeR1QVPrN+Sly 6O7PHdDzKGaiXtEYc1XKUqY32d4LikSUi2tY1WLqcAIINMVYQM4QZz/w3WtwfA/UIU6L LiSW7JahF2Cdb1yHHDo3W9aG2G58akf5hy0kDT8NM5DFSBEWBMj1uBv61BjnwTMSg4+V 0ytQ== ARC-Message-Signature: i=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=google.com; s=arc-20160816; h=content-transfer-encoding:mime-version:references:in-reply-to :message-id:subject:cc:to:from:date:dmarc-filter :arc-authentication-results; bh=ApYB0FQpJug+RTL53sWJ3DwJNiH/8Wk+hLNl4RBFOW8=; b=WRaejmQAo8iKICtBGIKbp3ei2DGJcsE+IQF1zDmvPgSQyYJQi3rjswcb/LNiPciXLh qTE7WfHLtDj5bnOQxbBfzY9Firq9QRkShDbfRC1MW/F40eCjmUqcDqMjW4UmiiYjUCKC vcYL5lyrj5FNupOpOkOhP/XROx0a0X/pabNJhK9zWXFpV4QF4OcN5BW7htzE0jvG6MYU wINsRQLE1EIq/DjNKzvChfmNJuo/BSroVGGZVYsmADE1A9tzKxAZA0qLVdkf3VtuBB77 xUDxehbGGisjeBX7c1e9tncCzBEAVxhEbvX41qTDD46prkBRznNA1t0D+bKxULvhgTw0 U5Dw== ARC-Authentication-Results: i=1; mx.google.com; spf=pass (google.com: best guess record for domain of srs0=hax1=hh=goodmis.org=rostedt@kernel.org designates 198.145.29.99 as permitted sender) smtp.mailfrom=SRS0=haX1=HH=goodmis.org=rostedt@kernel.org Authentication-Results: mx.google.com; spf=pass (google.com: best guess record for domain of srs0=hax1=hh=goodmis.org=rostedt@kernel.org designates 198.145.29.99 as permitted sender) smtp.mailfrom=SRS0=haX1=HH=goodmis.org=rostedt@kernel.org DMARC-Filter: OpenDMARC Filter v1.3.2 mail.kernel.org E3873204EF Authentication-Results: mail.kernel.org; dmarc=none (p=none dis=none) header.from=goodmis.org Authentication-Results: mail.kernel.org; spf=none smtp.mailfrom=rostedt@goodmis.org Date: Wed, 18 Apr 2018 10:31:52 -0400 From: Steven Rostedt To: Greg Kroah-Hartman Cc: Ahbong Chang , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, Ingo Molnar , Thomas Gleixner , Todd Poynor , Philippe Ombredanne Subject: Re: [PATCH] trace: add missing forward declaration Message-ID: <20180418103152.366b42c4@gandalf.local.home> In-Reply-To: <20180417102909.GA8057@kroah.com> References: <20180416023626.139915-1-cwahbong@google.com> <20180416092444.05ec6434@gandalf.local.home> <20180417102909.GA8057@kroah.com> X-Mailer: Claws Mail 3.16.0 (GTK+ 2.24.32; x86_64-pc-linux-gnu) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-getmail-retrieved-from-mailbox: INBOX X-GMAIL-THRID: =?utf-8?q?1597868580333311001?= X-GMAIL-MSGID: =?utf-8?q?1598094747029821393?= X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org List-ID: On Tue, 17 Apr 2018 12:29:09 +0200 Greg Kroah-Hartman wrote: > On Tue, Apr 17, 2018 at 02:18:47AM +0000, Ahbong Chang wrote: > > It does not fail with any config without this fix. This is for new work. > > Then why not submit it as part of the "new work" patch series? That's > how dependancies are normally handled. I consider this patch making the kernel more robust. The reason I asked was to know if it should be marked for stable or not. If nothing currently relies on it, I just put it into the -rc as a "make the kernel a little more robust" change. If other code relies on it, I mark it for stable. I'll take this patch as more of a clean up. Thanks! -- Steve