Messages in this thread | | | From | Nick Piggin <> | Subject | Re: [git pull] x86 updates for v2.6.28, phase #6, misc | Date | Fri, 10 Oct 2008 14:43:47 +1100 |
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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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