Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S968367AbXEHPzG (ORCPT ); Tue, 8 May 2007 11:55:06 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S968352AbXEHPzF (ORCPT ); Tue, 8 May 2007 11:55:05 -0400 Received: from caramon.arm.linux.org.uk ([217.147.92.249]:4951 "EHLO caramon.arm.linux.org.uk" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S968117AbXEHPzD (ORCPT ); Tue, 8 May 2007 11:55:03 -0400 Date: Tue, 8 May 2007 16:54:50 +0100 From: Russell King To: Prarit Bhargava Cc: Linus Torvalds , Andrew Morton , Linux Kernel List , Andi Kleen Subject: Re: Please revert 86c0baf123e474b6eb404798926ecf62b426bf3a Message-ID: <20070508155449.GB13212@flint.arm.linux.org.uk> Mail-Followup-To: Prarit Bhargava , Linus Torvalds , Andrew Morton , Linux Kernel List , Andi Kleen References: <20070508134928.GA13212@flint.arm.linux.org.uk> <46409512.5000502@redhat.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <46409512.5000502@redhat.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.2.1i Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1239 Lines: 32 On Tue, May 08, 2007 at 11:19:46AM -0400, Prarit Bhargava wrote: > Linus Torvalds wrote: > >On Tue, 8 May 2007, Russell King wrote: > > > >>Shall I invent __CPUINIT to mark data to always be thrown away, or are > >>the x86 folk going to withdraw this patch and do it properly? > >> > > > >I can certainly revert the patch, but it would probably be better if you > >were to just start adding the infrastructure you need and send it as a new > >patch instead (where the revert is part of it, and the __CPUINIT is > >additional). > > I've sent Russell a new patch to test off-list. He or I will submit a > fix here after he tests. I'm not sure it'd make much sense for me to test it - I don't have x86 based test boxes here. Assuming your intention is to revert this commit and replace it with your patch which doesn't change the semantics of __INIT, it shouldn't cause me any problems. -- Russell King Linux kernel 2.6 ARM Linux - http://www.arm.linux.org.uk/ maintainer of: - 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/