Re: [PATCH] sysfs: add sysfs_create/remove_groups()

2013-08-21 Thread Anthony Foiani
Greg Kroah-Hartman writes: > + * sysfs_create_groups - given a directory kobject, create a bunch of > attribute groups > + * @kobj:The kobject to create the group on > + * @groups: The attribute groups to create, NULL terminated > + * > + * This function creates a bunch of attribute groups.

Re: trouble building 'perf' for 3.9.7

2013-06-30 Thread Anthony Foiani
ory. That way, I could configure perf to use that location without pulling in the sanitized headers. Sorry if anyone wasted their time chasing down my carelessness. (Although, to be fair, 'perf' is the only package out of about 20 that fails when I explicitly point the build at the target&#

trouble building 'perf' for 3.9.7

2013-06-29 Thread Anthony Foiani
="$arch" CROSS_COMPILE="$TARGET_TUPLE"- \ oldconfig || exit $? ( cd tools/perf make O="$build" ARCH="$arch" CROSS_COMPILE="$TARGET_TUPLE"- V=1 \ EXTRA_CFLAGS="-I $PLATFORM_STAGE/include -I $PLATFORM_ST

Re: [PATCH] Documentation: Enumerate the guidelines for stable patches.

2012-11-30 Thread Anthony Foiani
Greg KH writes: > Is this really needed? For the large majority of the stable > patches, specifically enumerating this isn't a big deal, it's a tiny > patch, and if you think I'll remember to tell you which specific > clause you didn't follow, then you think I have more spare time than > I reall

Re: [PATCH 1/1] v3.0.x: mtd: check partition count not partition array pointer

2012-11-30 Thread Anthony Foiani
Greg -- Thanks for the very quick response. Greg KH writes: > This is an obvious one, it needs to be upstream first. > > Or if not, a whole lot of explaination saying that you know it > isn't, and why it isn't, and why it isn't applicable there, I thought that I did provide exactly this inform

[PATCH] Documentation: Enumerate the guidelines for stable patches.

2012-11-30 Thread Anthony Foiani
From: Anthony Foiani Having recently received a formletter rejection on a stable patch, I found it difficult to determine exactly which guideline I had missed. Numbering the guidelines will allow the stable maintainer to quickly and easily indicate which guidelines have not been followed. The

Re: [PATCH 1/1] v3.0.x: mtd: check partition count not partition array pointer

2012-11-30 Thread Anthony Foiani
Greg KH writes: > This is not the correct way to submit patches for inclusion in the > stable kernel tree. Please read Documentation/stable_kernel_rules.txt > for how to do this properly. My checklist against stable_kernel_rules.txt is below. I could only find two reasons why you are saying thi

[PATCH 1/1] v3.0.x: mtd: check partition count not partition array pointer

2012-11-07 Thread Anthony Foiani
eplacement to see if it has the same issue. Signed-Off-By: Anthony Foiani --- drivers/mtd/mtdcore.c | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/drivers/mtd/mtdcore.c b/drivers/mtd/mtdcore.c index c510aff..ac624df 100644 --- a/drivers/mtd/mtdcore.c +++ b/drivers/mtd/mtdcor