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Re: [PATCH] tile: support GENERIC_KERNEL_THREAD and GENERIC_KERNEL_EXECVE

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AVAl Viro <viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk>
Date
Oct 24, 2012, 01:56 UTC
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<20121024015613.GB2616@ZenIV.linux.org.uk>
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On Wed, Oct 24, 2012 at 04:02:49AM +0300, Linus Torvalds wrote:
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> On Wed, Oct 24, 2012 at 12:25 AM, Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de> wrote:
> >>
> >> It is spelled:
> >>
> >>   git notes add -m <comment> SHA1
> >
> > Cool!
> 
> Don't use them for anything global.
> 
> Use them for local codeflow, but don't expect them to be distributed.
> It's a separate "flow", and while it *can* be distributed, it's not
> going to be for the kernel, for example. So no, don't start using this
> to ack things, because the acks *will* get lost.

How about git commit --allow-empty, with "belated ACK for <commit>

Acked-by: <...>
" as commit message?  I mean, that ought to work and propagate sanely,
but I'm really not sure if that's something in a good taste and should
be allowed as a common practice...
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Message 12 of 14 in “Re: [PATCH] tile: support GENERIC_KERNEL_THREAD and GENERIC_KERNEL_EXECVE”
  1. Thomas GleixnerOct 23, 2012
  2. Jeff KingOct 23, 2012
  3. Catalin MarinasOct 23, 2012
  4. Jeff KingOct 23, 2012
  5. Catalin MarinasOct 24, 2012
  6. Thomas GleixnerOct 23, 2012
  7. Jeff KingOct 23, 2012
  8. Marc GauthierOct 23, 2012
  9. Jeff KingOct 23, 2012
  10. Johannes SixtOct 24, 2012
  11. Linus TorvaldsOct 24, 2012
  12. Al ViroOct 24, 2012
  13. Linus TorvaldsOct 24, 2012
  14. Ingo MolnarOct 24, 2012

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