Re: [PATCH] livepatch: Cleanup page permission changes

[Josh Poimboeuf <jpoimboe@redhat.com>]

On Wed, Nov 04, 2015 at 10:10:06AM -0600, Josh Poimboeuf wrote:
> On Wed, Nov 04, 2015 at 10:18:29AM +0100, Jiri Kosina wrote:
> > On Tue, 3 Nov 2015, Josh Poimboeuf wrote:
> > 
> > > It's probably a good idea to keep the patches bisectable, so I made this
> > > a separate patch which applies on top of the first one.
> > > 
> > > (Note that it completely removes all the code from the first patch, so
> > > there's no need for a v2 of the first patch which would have had
> > > Miroslav's suggested style changes.)
> > 
> > I like this patch and it's something I'd like to queue for 4.4, but given 
> > the fact that the original "[PATCH] x86/livepatch: Fix crash with 
> > !CONFIG_DEBUG_SET_MODULE_RONX" wasn't queued in any tree yet, I don't 
> > think that sending it as a followup patch is of any use.
> > 
> > So if you agree, I'll just fold the two patches together and use the 
> > changelog below, and queue it for merge with Linus.
> 
> I kept them separate because the first patch is a low risk bug fix, and
> the second is a slightly higher risk cleanup.
> 
> Would it make sense to put the first one into 4.4 and queue the second
> one for 4.5?

BTW, the second one is still pretty low risk, so it's fine with me if
you decide you still want to squash them for 4.4.

-- 
Josh