From: Ingo Molnar <mingo-DgEjT+Ai2ygdnm+yROfE0A@public.gmane.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 3/4] signals/sigaltstack: Report current flag bits in
 sigaltstack()
Date: Wed, 4 May 2016 08:33:57 +0200
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* Andy Lutomirski <luto-DgEjT+Ai2ygdnm+yROfE0A@public.gmane.org> wrote:

> sigaltstack()'s reported previous state uses a somewhat odd
> convention, but the concept of flag bits is new, and we can do the
> flag bits sensibly.  Specifically, let's just report them directly.
> 
> This will allow saving and restoring the sigaltstack state using
> sigaltstack() to work correctly.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Stas Sergeev <stsp-cmBhpYW9OiY@public.gmane.org>

This SOB seems stray as well, so I've removed it too.

Thanks,

	Ingo