Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1752572AbcKYXJt (ORCPT ); Fri, 25 Nov 2016 18:09:49 -0500 Received: from mail-lf0-f42.google.com ([209.85.215.42]:36804 "EHLO mail-lf0-f42.google.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751056AbcKYXJm (ORCPT ); Fri, 25 Nov 2016 18:09:42 -0500 MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: <20161125215139.GM6266@mwanda> References: <20161121221702.6438-1-christophe.jaillet@wanadoo.fr> <20161125215139.GM6266@mwanda> From: Mike Marshall Date: Fri, 25 Nov 2016 18:09:39 -0500 Message-ID: Subject: Re: [PATCH] orangefs: Axe some dead code To: Dan Carpenter Cc: Martin Brandenburg , Christophe JAILLET , LKML , kernel-janitors@vger.kernel.org Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1028 Lines: 26 We're on rc7 now. Linus said in LWN that there might be a rc8 this time. I'll try to get this pulled in 4.9-rc8 I hope, or sometime in 4.10... it is just a few lines of code that I don't think can be reached. Sorry for the confusion. -Mike On Fri, Nov 25, 2016 at 4:51 PM, Dan Carpenter wrote: > On Thu, Nov 24, 2016 at 07:31:11AM -0500, Mike Marshall wrote: >> This seems like a good and proper patch to me, and simple too. >> But like all changes, it needs tested. While I was testing it, I >> discovered a regression in the associated userspace code. I >> "bisected" (we use SVN for the userspace part of Orangefs) >> down to the commit that caused the regression, and some >> of the userspace folks are going to fix it. >> >> I don't think I should ask Linus to pull this patch until I can >> test it. Since we're about to go into rc7, it might not go in >> until the next go around... >> > > Linus is on 4.9-rc7 so you're saying this would probably go into 4.11? > > regards, > dan carpenter >