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Subject: Re: [PATCH V13 - RESEND 01/10] drivers: perf: arm_pmu: Add new
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To:     Will Deacon <will@kernel.org>
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On 8/10/23 15:11, Will Deacon wrote:
> On Thu, Aug 10, 2023 at 10:35:42AM +0530, Anshuman Khandual wrote:
>> I am just wondering - would it be possible for you to take this pre-requisite
>> patch stand alone for the upcoming merge window. This has been acked by Mark
>> earlier. Besides, I am also working on your other suggestions on the series,
>> and will respond soon. Thank you.
> 
> I can if it helps in some way, but I'm not seeing how it does. Can't you
> just carry this along with the BRBE changes that use it? How does it benefit
> anybody on its own?
It might help de-clutter our conversation and focus on BRBE specific
implementation stuff next time around in V14. Also this change here
is quite harmless for any other thing, hence without much risk.