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Subject: Re: [PATCH RFC tip/core/rcu 14/14] rcu/nohz: Make multi_cpu_stop()
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On Mon, Aug 05, 2019 at 07:54:48AM -0700, Paul E. McKenney wrote:

> > Right; so clearly we're not understanding what's happening. That seems
> > like a requirement for actually doing a patch.
> 
> Almost but not quite.  It is a requirement for a patch *that* *is*
> *supposed* *to* *be* *a* *fix*.  If you are trying to prohibit me from
> writing experimental patches, please feel free to take a long walk on
> a short pier.
> 
> Understood???

Ah, my bad, I thought you were actually proposing this as an actual
patch. I now see that is my bad, I'd overlooked the RFC part.