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Re: [PATCH] tile: support GENERIC_KERNEL_THREAD and GENERIC_KERNEL_EXECVE

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Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
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Oct 24, 2012, 01:02 UTC
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On Wed, Oct 24, 2012 at 12:25 AM, Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de> wrote:
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>> It is spelled:
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>>   git notes add -m <comment> SHA1
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> 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.

             Linus
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  1. Thomas GleixnerOct 23, 2012
  2. Jeff KingOct 23, 2012
  3. Catalin MarinasOct 23, 2012
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  6. Thomas GleixnerOct 23, 2012
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  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
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