Messages in this thread | | | Date | Sat, 5 May 2007 00:08:32 -0700 | From | Andrew Morton <> | Subject | Re: [git pull] Input patches for 2.6.20 |
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On Fri, 4 May 2007 23:03:38 -0700 Greg KH <gregkh@suse.de> wrote:
> Sorry about that, sometimes core changes like this take a bit of > coordination across subsystems.
tell me about it.
I often end up maintaining patches which fix susbsystem A for subsystem B. And patches which fix patch A for patch B:
box:/usr/src/25> grep '[-]vs-' series fix-refrigerator-vs-thaw_process-race.patch pata_acpi-restore-driver-vs-libata-clean-up-sff-init-mess-fix.patch git-ioat-vs-git-md-accel.patch #git-wireless-vs-git-net.patch #git-wireless-vs-git-net-2.patch #git-wireless-vs-git-net-3.patch #mm-fix-fault-vs-invalidate-race-for-linear-mappings.patch: Hugh issues mm-fix-fault-vs-invalidate-race-for-linear-mappings.patch mm-debug-check-for-the-fault-vs-invalidate-race.patch mm-fix-clear_page_dirty_for_io-vs-fault-race.patch #git-block-vs-ext4-ext4-delayed-allocation.patch call-cpu_chain-with-cpu_down_failed-if-cpu_down_prepare-failed-vs-reduce-size-of-task_struct-on-64-bit-machines.patch workqueue-fix-flush_workqueue-vs-cpu_dead-race.patch fix-kthread_create-vs-freezer-theoretical-race.patch revoke-special-mmap-handling-vs-fault-vs-invalidate.patch lguest-vs-x86_64-mm-use-per-cpu-variables-for-gdt-pda.patch lguest-the-host-code-vs-x86_64-mm-i386-separate-hardware-defined-tss-from-linux-additions.patch #lguest-the-host-code-vs-sys_futex64-allows-64bit-futexes-get_futex_key-must-check-proper-alignement-for-64bit-futexes.patch lguest-the-host-code-vs-futex-new-private-futexes.patch acpi-keep-tsc-stable-when-lapic_timer_c2_ok-is-set-vs-x86_64-mm-log-reason-why-tsc-was-marked-unstable.patch #proc-maps-protection-vs-utrace.patch #utrace-vs-reduce-size-of-task_struct-on-64-bit-machines.patch make-copy_from_user_inatomic-not-zero-the-tail-on-i386-vs-reiser4.patch #git-block reiser4-vs-git-block.patch #git-block reiser4-vs-git-block-2.patch #git-block reiser4-vs-git-block3.patch #git-kgdb-vs-define-struct-pspace.patch
but it takes a little time to get these propagated into the right place.. - 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/
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