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SubjectRe: [git pull] x86 updates for v2.6.28, phase #6, misc
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On Friday 10 October 2008 11:08, Ingo Molnar wrote:

> out-of-topic modifications in x86-v28-for-linus-phase6:
> -------------------------------------------------------
> include/linux/kernel.h # d974ae3: generic, memparse(): constify
> arg include/linux/mm.h # f7d0b92: mm: define
> USE_SPLIT_PTLOCKS rath # 59ea746: MM: virtual address debug
> include/linux/mm_types.h # f7d0b92: mm: define USE_SPLIT_PTLOCKS
> rath include/linux/mmdebug.h # 7aa413d: x86, MM: virtual address
> debug, c # 59ea746: MM: virtual address debug lib/cmdline.c
> # d974ae3: generic, memparse(): constify arg mm/vmalloc.c
> # 7aa413d: x86, MM: virtual address debug, c # 59ea746: MM:
> virtual address debug


How come these kinds of things go into the x86 tree? Can't they
be sent to other maintainer first (probably Andrew, in the case
of random -mm stuff).

OK, it's pretty trivial stuff, but just on principle I can't see
an advantage, and only disadvantages to doing this (and also I
see the vmalloc change clashed with the vmalloc rewrite in -mm).


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