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Re: [PATCH v2] xen: Fix incorrect taint constant


  • To: Andrew Cooper <andrew.cooper3@xxxxxxxxxx>
  • From: Bertrand Marquis <Bertrand.Marquis@xxxxxxx>
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  • Thread-topic: [PATCH v2] xen: Fix incorrect taint constant

Hi Andrew,

> On 7 Jun 2023, at 10:27, Andrew Cooper <andrew.cooper3@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> 
> On 07/06/2023 9:10 am, Jan Beulich wrote:
>> On 05.06.2023 13:23, Andrew Cooper wrote:
>>> v2:
>>> * Fix commmit message
>>> * Update comment ahead of print_tainted()
>>> * Change the emitted char from 'U' to 'I'
>> Just to mention it: With this additional change I'm no longer
>> considering this applicable to stable trees. I realize that one could
>> argue that by taking it we could accelerate learning that we broke
>> someone (if anyone), but I'm not inclined to follow this line of
>> thinking. If Arm maintainers (seeing that only Arm uses this right
>> now) think they want the change nevertheless, I'd include it,
>> though.
> 
> I'm not overly fussed.  It's not hard to rebase around.

I agree with Jan here and I do not think we should backport.

This is not fixing a bug and could induce some misunderstanding if
we backport this change on a stable version.

Cheers
Bertrand

> 
> ~Andrew




 


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