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Date:   Fri, 16 Aug 2019 20:56:37 -0700
From:   "Paul E. McKenney" <paulmck@linux.ibm.com>
To:     Joel Fernandes <joel@joelfernandes.org>
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Subject: Re: [PATCH v4 1/2] rcu/tree: Add basic support for kfree_rcu()
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On Fri, Aug 16, 2019 at 09:32:23PM -0400, Joel Fernandes wrote:
> Hi Paul,
> 
> On Fri, Aug 16, 2019 at 3:16 PM Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@linux.ibm.com> wrote:
> > > > Hello, Joel,
> > > >
> > > > I reworked the commit log as follows, but was then unsuccessful in
> > > > working out which -rcu commit to apply it to.  Could you please
> > > > tell me what commit to apply this to?  (Once applied, git cherry-pick
> > > > is usually pretty good about handling minor conflicts.)
> > >
> > > It was originally based on v5.3-rc2
> > >
> > > I was able to apply it just now to the rcu -dev branch and I pushed it here:
> > > https://github.com/joelagnel/linux-kernel.git (branch paul-dev)
> > >
> > > Let me know if any other issues, thanks for the change log rework!
> >
> > Pulled and cherry-picked, thank you!
> >
> > Just for grins, I also  pushed out a from-joel.2019.08.16a showing the
> > results of the pull.  If you pull that branch, then run something like
> > "gitk v5.3-rc2..", and then do the same with branch "dev", comparing the
> > two might illustrate some of the reasons for the current restrictions
> > on pull requests and trees subject to rebase.
> 
> Right, I did the compare and see what you mean. I guess sending any
> future pull requests against Linux -next would be the best option?

Hmmm...  You really want to send some pull requests, don't you?  ;-)

Suppose you had sent that pull request against Linux -next or v5.2
or wherever.  What would happen next, given the high probability of a
conflict with someone else's patch?  What would the result look like?

							Thanx, Paul