Re: git: 000aad3d093a - stable/12 - loader: allocate properly aligned buffer for network packet

On 07/10/2021 09:50, Alexey Dokuchaev wrote:
> On Thu, Oct 07, 2021 at 01:20:05AM -0500, Kyle Evans wrote:
>> On Thu, Oct 7, 2021 at 1:06 AM Alexey Dokuchaev wrote:
>>> On Thu, Oct 07, 2021 at 03:37:42AM +0000, Kyle Evans wrote:
>>>> commit 000aad3d093a376bb1104a284b4102149db43155
>>>>
>>>>   loader: allocate properly aligned buffer for network packet
>>>>
>>>>   Use memalign(4, size) to ensure we have properly aligned buffer.
>>>>
>>>>   (cherry picked from commit 659bf32dfc595b6cd6aeda7f05cb57872c64d2d1)
>>>
>>> I don't understand, so this is a merge of the commit from master (main) to
>>> stablle/12 which had then been reverted?  So why do the merge in the first
>>> place?
>>
>> Because commit + revert pairs are noise in the MFC tracker that
>> distracts from actual candidates for merging.
> 
> Sounds like MFC tracker should be fixed then, as now it is noise in
> the tool (tracker) vs. noise in the branch.  Tools come and go, and
> code stays forever.

I agree.
And the MFC tracker (mfc.kernelnomicon.org) has "Never MFC" button if you 
changed your mind about a commit.


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Andriy Gapon