Re: [PATCH] iommu-common: only compile lib/iommu_common.c for Sparc64

From	Andre Przywara <andre.przywara@arm.com>
Newsgroups	linux.kernel
Subject	Re: [PATCH] iommu-common: only compile lib/iommu_common.c for Sparc64
Date	2015-09-18 19:30 +0200
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Hi David,

On 18/09/15 18:09, David Miller wrote:
> From: Andre Przywara <andre.przywara@arm.com>
> Date: Fri, 18 Sep 2015 10:03:40 +0100
> 
>> Or do you know of a simpler way to fixing it properly which could make
>> it still into 4.3?
> 
> All I worry about is that if you take it out of the build, doing
> the proper fix will suddenly become very low priority and be
> forgotten about completely.
> 
> Whereas if it actually blocks the build for someone, it's a high
> priority issue to address.

I see. What about if I provide the two patches at the same time? An easy
fix for 4.3 and the proper fix for 4.4? You can then even choose to take
the proper fix for 4.3 if it's reasonably low risk.
I will try sending something on Monday.

Cheers,
Andre.
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[PATCH] iommu-common: only compile lib/iommu_common.c for Sparc64 Andre Przywara <andre.przywara@arm.com> - 2015-09-17 10:40 +0200
  Re: [PATCH] iommu-common: only compile lib/iommu_common.c for  Sparc64 David Miller <davem@davemloft.net> - 2015-09-17 20:40 +0200
    Re: [PATCH] iommu-common: only compile lib/iommu_common.c for Sparc64 Andre Przywara <andre.przywara@arm.com> - 2015-09-18 11:10 +0200
      [PATCH] iommu-common: fix return type of iommu_tbl_range_alloc() Andre Przywara <andre.przywara@arm.com> - 2015-09-18 11:10 +0200
      Re: [PATCH] iommu-common: only compile lib/iommu_common.c for  Sparc64 David Miller <davem@davemloft.net> - 2015-09-18 19:10 +0200
        Re: [PATCH] iommu-common: only compile lib/iommu_common.c for Sparc64 Andre Przywara <andre.przywara@arm.com> - 2015-09-18 19:30 +0200
          [PATCH] sparc(64)/iommu: fixup iommu_tbl_range_alloc() types Andre Przywara <andre.przywara@arm.com> - 2015-09-21 19:20 +0200

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