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From: Igor Stoppa <igor.stoppa@gmail.com>
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On 01/11/2018 10:21, Thomas Gleixner wrote:
> On Thu, 1 Nov 2018, Igor Stoppa wrote:

>> The rework could be done afterward.
> 
> Please don't go there. The usual approach is to
> 
>    1) Rework existing code in a way that the new functionality can be added
>       with minimal effort afterwards and without creating API horrors.


Thanks a lot for the advice.
It makes things even easier for me, as I can start the rework, while the 
discussion on the actual write-rare mechanism continues.

--
igor