Re: [PATCH v2 0/2] arm64: don't call early_*map() post paging_init()

[Will Deacon <will.deacon-5wv7dgnIgG8@public.gmane.org>]

On Tue, Jan 06, 2015 at 04:23:58PM +0000, Ard Biesheuvel wrote:
> On 6 January 2015 at 16:05, Will Deacon <will.deacon-5wv7dgnIgG8@public.gmane.org> wrote:
> > On Tue, Jan 06, 2015 at 03:54:29PM +0000, Ard Biesheuvel wrote:
> >> On 6 January 2015 at 15:52, Leif Lindholm <leif.lindholm-QSEj5FYQhm4dnm+yROfE0A@public.gmane.org> wrote:
> >> > On Tue, Jan 06, 2015 at 02:04:50PM +0000, Ard Biesheuvel wrote:
> >> >> >> Changes since v1:
> >> >> >> - Rebased to v3.19-rc3
> >> >> >> - Added 'Fixes:' tags
> >> >> >> - Reworked 1/2 to restore call to efi_setup_idmap() to the original
> >> >> >>   location in the boot process.
> >> >> >
> >> >> > Looks reasonable to me; do they need a CC stable,
> >> >>
> >> >> Yes, but with a note that both patches should be taken and the order
> >> >> is retained, or we break bisect.
> >> >
> >> > Where would one add such a note?
> >> >
> >>
> >> I guess the best way would be to not add a 'Cc: stable' tag, but send
> >> an email to Greg once the patches have been merged by Linus.
> >
> > I thought Greg didn't take anything until it had hit mainline anyway? I
> > think it should be fine with just the Cc...
> >
> 
> I know he doesn't, but do you know for a fact that he always takes
> patches in the same order they appear in mainline? It would seem like
> the reasonable thing to do, I guess, but we just have to make sure.

If we really want to make sure we could either fold the two patches into
one or add a dependency without a corresponding sha. I don't like waiting
until they've hit mainline, because I'm sure that I'll forget!

Will