Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S936467AbYBCJMO (ORCPT ); Sun, 3 Feb 2008 04:12:14 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1760222AbYBCJMB (ORCPT ); Sun, 3 Feb 2008 04:12:01 -0500 Received: from fg-out-1718.google.com ([72.14.220.159]:24220 "EHLO fg-out-1718.google.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1755610AbYBCJL7 (ORCPT ); Sun, 3 Feb 2008 04:11:59 -0500 DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=message-id:date:from:user-agent:mime-version:to:cc:subject:references:in-reply-to:x-enigmail-version:content-type:content-transfer-encoding; b=XHpSHBCQFPBP5ONi4rU7FSTTCI+RxbbOmCNciPRNhB0YxA4V4suzSjvrK2jxibcT7ka/UOhreDUaoNXtvZKha+YmOXHm1gwNM8s1Xj9bPh2q1KT78ZIMF1nM7Srrh7+xjDuga/4f1lcnefKTR3ZPkVK1ppulixICd/kMuBteJGQ= Message-ID: <47A58550.2000104@gmail.com> Date: Sun, 03 Feb 2008 10:11:44 +0100 From: Franck Bui-Huu User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.5 (X11/20070719) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Andrew Morton CC: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, paulmck@linux.vnet.ibm.com Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/2] Split list.h and move rcu-protected lists into rculist.h References: <478FBEA0.9090203@gmail.com> <478FBEEA.6040000@gmail.com> <20080201155826.a2d308c1.akpm@linux-foundation.org> <47A470F9.9060708@gmail.com> <20080202111516.5cbd0880.akpm@linux-foundation.org> <47A57F25.5070902@gmail.com> <20080203010013.04bc601e.akpm@linux-foundation.org> In-Reply-To: <20080203010013.04bc601e.akpm@linux-foundation.org> X-Enigmail-Version: 0.95.2 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=windows-1252 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 2203 Lines: 53 Andrew Morton wrote: > On Sun, 03 Feb 2008 09:45:25 +0100 Franck Bui-Huu wrote: > >> Andrew Morton wrote: >>> On Sat, 02 Feb 2008 14:32:41 +0100 Franck Bui-Huu wrote: >>>> Do you think it's better ? >>> Could. I'd suggest that you redo the header-file split patch around the >>> 2.6.25-rc1 timeframe, test it carefully then let's get it in then. >>> >> Does the mm tree also have a calm down period during release candidates ? > > Yes, I try to not merge too much material late in the -rcs and in the merge > window. Often it's not practical to merge things anyway, because people > prepare patches against mainline, which is ancient history... > >> I have modified the patchset so now if rcu helpers are used from >> rculist.h then fine otherwise gcc warns you that you're using the >> helpers from list.h like this: >> >> init/foo.c:13: warning: ?__deprecated_list_add_rcu? is deprecated (declared at include/linux/rculist.h:76) >> >> But the build process doesn't fail anymore. >> >> For that I added some ugly hacks in list.h and rculist.h but they >> definitively should be removed for mainline inclusion. I'm sending them >> in response to this email. > > I wouldn't bother, really. Let's just get it as good as we can and slam it > in. > >> If we include this now, then people can have a chance to notice that >> rculist.h exists and fix their stuffs until 2.6.25 release >> candidates but I'll redo the patchset and give it some test around the >> 2.6.25-rc1 timeframe anyway. > > I'm just about finished compilation-testing for 2.6.24-mm1 which is a > shame. Please do a best-effort against 2.6.24-mm1 (hopefully I'll get that > out tomorrow) and I'll slip it into -rc1 if it gets through cross-build > testing without unfixable-with-my-patience-level problems. > OK. I'm waiting for 2.6.24-mm1 and resend the patchset for 2.6.25-rc1 after some good testings on mm tree. Thanks Franck -- 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/