Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1752728AbaG1N2l (ORCPT ); Mon, 28 Jul 2014 09:28:41 -0400 Received: from mail-wg0-f45.google.com ([74.125.82.45]:60245 "EHLO mail-wg0-f45.google.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1752140AbaG1N2i (ORCPT ); Mon, 28 Jul 2014 09:28:38 -0400 Date: Mon, 28 Jul 2014 15:28:21 +0200 From: Robert Richter To: "Chen, Gong" Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, mingo@kernel.org, tglx@linutronix.de, paulus@samba.org, benh@kernel.crashing.org, tony.luck@intel.com, hpa@zytor.com, jkosina@suse.cz, rafael.j.wysocki@intel.com, bp@alien8.de, linux@arm.linux.org.uk, ralf@linux-mips.org, schwidefsky@de.ibm.com, davem@davemloft.net, viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk, fweisbec@gmail.com, cl@linux.com, akpm@linux-foundation.org, axboe@kernel.dk, JBottomley@parallels.com, neilb@suse.de, christoffer.dall@linaro.org, rostedt@goodmis.org, gregkh@linuxfoundation.org, mhocko@suse.cz, david@fromorbit.com Subject: Re: [RESEND RFC PATCH v1 0/70] Gloabl CPU Hot-plug flag _FROZEN Clean up Message-ID: <20140728132821.GV4703@rric.localhost> References: <1406080786-3938-1-git-send-email-gong.chen@linux.intel.com> <20140725150002.GT4703@rric.localhost> <20140727063643.GA25432@gchen.bj.intel.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20140727063643.GA25432@gchen.bj.intel.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.23 (2014-03-12) Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On 27.07.14 02:36:43, Chen, Gong wrote: > On Fri, Jul 25, 2014 at 05:00:02PM +0200, Robert Richter wrote: > > > Back to long time ago (about 1.5 years), Thomas began the work > > > for CPU hot-plug, one first thing is CPU hotplug flag cleanup. > > > Paul hoped all the _FROZEN variants of the notifier actions > > > can be removed at that time. Now here it is. > > > > > > Patch 1 ~ 69: remove all kinds of XXX_FROZEN usages > > > Patch 70: remove XXX_FROZEN from the kernel thoroughly > > > > You might want to update Documentation/ as well. > > > Thanks for your reminder. I don't do that intentionally because > 1) This is RFC patch and I'm not sure if maintainers agree > to remove XXX_FROZEN thoroughtly > 2) I have a little bit hesitation how to describe XXX_FROZEN > status after they are removed. > > Anyway, I will do that in formal patch series. Thanks again! Yes, thanks. It does not make sense to remove the XXX_FROZEN pattern in the code while keeping it in the cpu hotplug description. -Robert -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/