Re: [PATCH 1/7] Make section names compatible with -ffunction-sections -fdata-sections

Andi Kleen
2008-12-31T19:38:57Z

On Wed, Dec 31, 2008 at 02:18:43PM -0500, Tim Abbott wrote:
> On Sat, 6 Dec 2008, Andi Kleen wrote:
>
> >It's quite large and touches a lot of code, so it probably would require
> >special treatment during a merge window to avoid conflicts.
>
> OK. How does special treatment during the merge window work?

You negotiate a suitable time with Andrew/Linus in advance. This is typically
after all other trees got in.

> Is it too late

Probably not, as long as you can update the patch quickly enough.

-Andi
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