Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1750770AbWAZLtM (ORCPT ); Thu, 26 Jan 2006 06:49:12 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1750817AbWAZLtM (ORCPT ); Thu, 26 Jan 2006 06:49:12 -0500 Received: from gprs189-60.eurotel.cz ([160.218.189.60]:1755 "EHLO amd.ucw.cz") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1750770AbWAZLtL (ORCPT ); Thu, 26 Jan 2006 06:49:11 -0500 Date: Thu, 26 Jan 2006 12:48:58 +0100 From: Pavel Machek To: Gerd Hoffmann Cc: kernel list Subject: Re: [PATCH] SMP alternatives Message-ID: <20060126114858.GA1605@elf.ucw.cz> References: <43D648CC.4090101@suse.de> <20060126102250.GA2790@elf.ucw.cz> <43D8AFC6.4010804@suse.de> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit In-Reply-To: <43D8AFC6.4010804@suse.de> X-Warning: Reading this can be dangerous to your mental health. User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.9i Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1602 Lines: 40 On Čt 26-01-06 12:17:26, Gerd Hoffmann wrote: > Pavel Machek wrote: > > Hi! > > > >> Can you include the patch in -mm to give it some testing? Then merge > >> maybe for 2.6.17? Posted last time in december, with nobody complaining > >> any more about the most recent version. The patch is almost unmodified > >> since, I've only had to add a small chunk due to the mutex merge. > >> Description is below, the patch (against -rc1-git4 snapshot) is > >> attached. > > > > Well, I'm not 100% convinced this is really good idea.. It increases > > complexity quite a lot. > > Well, we have alternatives for quite some time already, this is just an > extension of the existing bits ... Like... during suspend we hot-unplug all but one cpu. Patching code at that point is quite unneccessary... > > Oh and please inline patches. > > Whats wrong with "Content-Disposition: inline" attachments? The risk > they get whitespace-mangeled is much lower then. Also mailers display > them inline and also quote them on reply so you can easily comment them. > At least mutt and thunderbird do that. If your mailer doesn't file a > bug ;) Consensus on lkml is to inline patches. Content-disposition: inline is commonly accepted as not-too-evil, and my mailer (mutt) usually honours that, but something in your mail tripped it. Pavel -- Thanks, Sharp! - 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/