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On Sun, Jan 17, 2021 at 02:44:04PM +0000, Zhang, Rui wrote:

> > But it doesn't fix anything.. there's not anything broken, except on that daft
> > SPR thing.
> 
> Well, yes.
> Before SPR, this is just a potential issue. But things on SPR suggests
> that this potential issue may become a real one.  So are you
> suggesting me to also include the SPR information as the justification
> of this patch?

Yes, and fix the subject. It doesn't fix anything, as there isn't
anything broken.

Just say that upcoming SPR will need this.