Re: [PATCH 3/6] get_unmapped_area checks for TASK_SIZE before MAP_FIXED on sparc32

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On Wed, May 09, 2012 at 12:07:08PM +0400, Vladimir Murzin wrote:
> On Tue, May 08, 2012 at 06:27:22PM +0200, Sam Ravnborg wrote:
> > On Tue, May 08, 2012 at 06:40:19PM +0400, Vladimir Murzin wrote:
> > > Move check for TASK_SIZE before MAP_FIXED in sparc32's arch_get_unmapped_area().
> > 
> > I would be good to copy relevant parts of your cover letter into each patch.
> > when the patches are applied we looses the cover letter...
> > 
> 
> In my opinion patches are quite trivial and self-explained. However,
> if there are requests to update patches in this way I'll do it in v2. 

The cahngelog say this:

    Move check for TASK_SIZE before MAP_FIXED in sparc32's arch_get_unmapped_area().

And this is exactly what the code does.

But neither say anything WHY this is done.
And if that WHY is not explained then the changelog is not good.

	Sam
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