[PATCH] ARM: compressed: discard ksym/kcrctab input section

[Ard Biesheuvel]

On 20 October 2017 at 17:54, Russell King - ARM Linux
<linux at armlinux.org.uk> wrote:
> On Fri, Oct 20, 2017 at 05:36:08PM +0100, Ard Biesheuvel wrote:
>> Why would you have to choose between these patches? You can simply
>> apply mine as a bug fix, and postpone the le_struct.h discussion for
>> the next cycle.
>
> It's not a choice between these two patches.  I think we need Arnd's
> patch, because we know that fixes Romain Izard's problem.  If I apply
> just your patch, then Gregory stops complaining, and there'll be
> nothing to remind us of this issue - Romain isn't shouting about it.
> That's a problem, because it's a real bug that then gets forgotten
> about.
>
> Or do we have evidence that your patch fixes Romain Izard's problem
> as well?  I don't see any such suggestion.
>

OK, so you are reluctant to apply patch A which fixes issue X, because
it will result in you forgetting about patch B that fixes issue Y. I
am sorry, but that does not make any sense to me.

> So, let me go back to the dart board... I just don't have the
> information to be able to make any decision on this, so stop asking
> me for a decision on something I know nothing about.  Either provide
> me with some information I can base a decision on, or stop asking
> for a decision.
>

Nobody is asking you to choose. I am asking you to apply this patch:
piggydata used to be word aligned, and there is no harm in restoring
that behavior explicitly.