From: Glauber de Oliveira Costa <gcosta@redhat.com>
To: "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@zytor.com>
Cc: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>,
linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, akpm@linux-foundation.org,
glommer@gmail.com, tglx@linutronix.de, ehabkost@redhat.com,
jeremy@goop.org, avi@qumranet.com, anthony@codemonkey.ws,
virtualization@lists.linux-foundation.org, rusty@rustcorp.com.au,
ak@suse.de, chrisw@sous-sol.org, rostedt@goodmis.org,
zach@vmware.com, roland@redhat.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH] avoid ifdefs in desc.h, getting rid of pack_ldt and pack_tss
Date: Thu, 13 Dec 2007 19:51:00 -0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <4761A944.1050503@redhat.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <4761A6E7.7030602@zytor.com>
H. Peter Anvin wrote:
> Ingo Molnar wrote:
>>> Well, "no functional changes" is not quite the same thing as "no
>>> object code changes".
>>
>> yeah, true, but the safest way to ensure no functional changes is to
>> get identical object code. In sched-devel.git i include obj
>> comparisons to cleanup patches as a self-assurance (and later bughunt
>> helper) to make sure a cleanup is really just a cleanup.
>
> Of course. "No object code changes" is a stronger statement, however,
> not all types of cleanups result in that.
>
Which is the case here. I wasn't expecting the same object code. Anyway,
the mistake is explained, and I'm about to send the correct version.
Sorry again.
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2007-12-13 21:52 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 24+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2007-12-13 14:29 [PATCH] avoid ifdefs in desc.h, getting rid of pack_ldt and pack_tss Glauber de Oliveira Costa
2007-12-13 20:28 ` Ingo Molnar
2007-12-13 20:28 ` Ingo Molnar
2007-12-13 20:58 ` Ingo Molnar
2007-12-13 20:58 ` Ingo Molnar
2007-12-13 21:22 ` Ingo Molnar
2007-12-13 21:22 ` Ingo Molnar
2007-12-13 21:26 ` H. Peter Anvin
2007-12-13 21:26 ` H. Peter Anvin
2007-12-13 21:35 ` Ingo Molnar
2007-12-13 21:35 ` Ingo Molnar
2007-12-13 21:40 ` H. Peter Anvin
2007-12-13 21:40 ` H. Peter Anvin
2007-12-13 21:51 ` Glauber de Oliveira Costa
2007-12-13 21:51 ` Glauber de Oliveira Costa [this message]
2007-12-13 21:37 ` Tom Spink
2007-12-13 21:40 ` Glauber de Oliveira Costa
2007-12-13 21:40 ` Glauber de Oliveira Costa
2007-12-13 21:37 ` Tom Spink
-- strict thread matches above, loose matches on Subject: below --
2007-12-13 19:25 Glauber de Oliveira Costa
2007-12-13 19:25 ` Glauber de Oliveira Costa
2007-12-14 10:43 ` Ingo Molnar
2007-12-14 10:43 ` Ingo Molnar
2007-12-13 14:29 Glauber de Oliveira Costa
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