Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1754740AbZKQPmQ (ORCPT ); Tue, 17 Nov 2009 10:42:16 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1754645AbZKQPmQ (ORCPT ); Tue, 17 Nov 2009 10:42:16 -0500 Received: from kroah.org ([198.145.64.141]:55713 "EHLO coco.kroah.org" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1754353AbZKQPmP (ORCPT ); Tue, 17 Nov 2009 10:42:15 -0500 Date: Tue, 17 Nov 2009 07:41:16 -0800 From: Greg KH To: "Eric W. Biederman" Cc: Kay Sievers , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, Tejun Heo , Cornelia Huck , linux-fsdevel@vger.kernel.org, Eric Dumazet , Benjamin LaHaise Subject: Re: [PATCH 0/13] sysfs lazification. Message-ID: <20091117154116.GA22756@kroah.com> References: <20091106224857.GB32205@kroah.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.17 (2007-11-01) Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1405 Lines: 34 On Tue, Nov 17, 2009 at 01:11:22AM -0800, Eric W. Biederman wrote: > Greg KH writes: > > > On Tue, Nov 03, 2009 at 03:53:56AM -0800, Eric W. Biederman wrote: > >> > >> The sysfs code updates the vfs caches immediately when the sysfs data > >> structures change causing a lot of unnecessary complications. The > >> following patchset untangles that beast. Allowing for simpler > >> more straight forward code, the removal of a hack from the vfs > >> to support sysfs, and human comprehensible locking on sysfs. > >> > >> Most of these patches have already been reviewed and acked from the > >> last time I had time to work on sysfs. > >> > >> In net the patches look like: > > > > Can you resend these based on the review that you just got, with the new > > acks and changes so that I can apply them? > > Are you going to apply them soon? If you don't have time I can start > a sysfs tree and just ask Linus to pull them. Well, as the merge window is not open right now, that might be tough to get Linus to take them at the moment :) I was away last week, and will apply them to my tree this week, thanks for your patience. greg k-h -- 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/