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Subject: Re: [PATCH v1 2/9] selftests/mm: Give scripts execute permission
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On 14/07/2023 17:26, Andrew Morton wrote:
> On Fri, 14 Jul 2023 10:44:14 +0100 Ryan Roberts <ryan.roberts@arm.com> wrote:
> 
>> Thanks for the detailed explanation. Are you effectively saying this patch will
>> turn into a no-op once its been munged through the various patch management
>> tools? That's disappointing because it's a pain to have to invoke everything
>> though bash explicitly. Many other scripts manage to have the correct execute
>> permission set (see everything in ./scripts for example).
> 
> Such patches need delicate handling :(
> 
> I queued this as a standalone thing, for 6.5-rcx.

That's great - thanks Andrew! Do I'll drop this patch for my v2 of the series
(hopefully Monday).