Re: [PATCH v2 0/8] arm64: stacktrace: cleanups and improvements

Mark Rutland
2022-08-08T12:34:44Z

On Mon, Aug 08, 2022 at 01:28:32PM +0100, Will Deacon wrote:
> On Mon, Aug 08, 2022 at 01:11:15PM +0100, Mark Rutland wrote:
> > On Mon, Aug 08, 2022 at 12:59:08PM +0100, Will Deacon wrote:
> > > On Fri, Aug 05, 2022 at 01:45:14PM +0100, Mark Rutland wrote:
> > > > This series is a set of improvements for the recently merged stacktrace
> > > > rework queued in the kvmarm next branch, along the lines of my prior
> > > > suggestions. I'm hoping that it would be possible to queue this for
> > > > -rc1.
> > >
> > > What justifies this for inclusion in -rc1? Although the series looks pretty
> > > good to me, it seems to be cleanup and refactoring which could wait for
> > > 5.21 (or whatever it ends up being called). What am I missing?
> >
> > If you think this should wait, that's fine by me. I plan to build atop this
> > with further rework and just wanted to get the trivial bits out of the way
> > early.
>
> Although this stuff is largely cosmetic, I wouldn't say it's trivial! So
> yes, how about we stick this on a branch at -rc3 and you can build on top
> of that?
>
> It also means you can spin a v3 with the various minor open issues
> addressed.

That sounds great to me, thanks!

I'll wait a few days before sending out a v3 in case there are any other
impactful comments.

Thanks,
Mark.