Messages in this thread | | | Date | Tue, 8 Dec 2020 10:49:07 +0100 | From | Borislav Petkov <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH 1/3] x86/resctrl: Move setting task's active CPU in a mask into helpers |
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On Mon, Dec 07, 2020 at 01:24:51PM -0800, Reinette Chatre wrote: > How about: > "Move the setting of the CPU on which a task is running in a CPU mask into a > couple of helpers. > > There is no functional change. This is a preparatory change for the fix in > the following patch from where the Fixes tag is copied."
Almost. Just not call it a "following patch" because once this is applied, the following one might be a different one depending on the ordering a git command has requested. So a "later patch" would be probably better.
> Correct. I will add it. The addition to the commit message above aims to > explain a Fixes tag to a patch with no functional changes.
Yes but you need to tell the stable people somehow that this one is a prerequisite and that they should pick it up too.
Unless you can reorg your code this way that you don't need patch 1...
Thx.
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