Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S263468AbTK1VJv (ORCPT ); Fri, 28 Nov 2003 16:09:51 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S263486AbTK1VJv (ORCPT ); Fri, 28 Nov 2003 16:09:51 -0500 Received: from holomorphy.com ([199.26.172.102]:62147 "EHLO holomorphy") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S263468AbTK1VJu (ORCPT ); Fri, 28 Nov 2003 16:09:50 -0500 Date: Fri, 28 Nov 2003 13:09:31 -0800 From: William Lee Irwin III To: Paul Jackson Cc: Andrew Morton , kaos@melbourne.sgi.com, joe.korty@ccur.com, tony.luck@intel.com, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, David Mosberger-Tang , Christoph Hellwig , jbarnes@sgi.com, Simon.Derr@bull.net Subject: Re: [PATCH] new /proc/irq cpumask format; consolidate cpumask display and input code Message-ID: <20031128210931.GZ8039@holomorphy.com> Mail-Followup-To: William Lee Irwin III , Paul Jackson , Andrew Morton , kaos@melbourne.sgi.com, joe.korty@ccur.com, tony.luck@intel.com, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, David Mosberger-Tang , Christoph Hellwig , jbarnes@sgi.com, Simon.Derr@bull.net References: <20031118002647.GH22764@holomorphy.com> <2173.1069115651@kao2.melbourne.sgi.com> <20031118005637.GI22764@holomorphy.com> <20031128125428.46ec7606.pj@sgi.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20031128125428.46ec7606.pj@sgi.com> Organization: The Domain of Holomorphy User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.4i Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Fri, Nov 28, 2003 at 12:54:28PM -0800, Paul Jackson wrote: > I believe that Andrew Morton has accepted Bill's patch into > his 2.6.0-test10-mm1 patch set as the "format_cpumask" patch. > I hope that the following patch will replace Bill's patch. > I look forward to Bill's feedback on this patch. > The following patch carries Bill's work further: > 1) It also consolidates the input side (write syscalls). > 2) It adapts a new format, same on input and output. > 3) The core routines work for any multi-word bitmask, > not just cpumasks. > 4) The core routines avoid overrunning their output > buffers. I like this a bit better than format_cpumask() since it's more comprehensive. I don't believe you'll have a tough time selling the format either, since it is easier to parse. -- wli - 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/