Messages in this thread | | | Date | Sun, 03 Feb 2008 10:11:44 +0100 | From | Franck Bui-Huu <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH 1/2] Split list.h and move rcu-protected lists into rculist.h |
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Andrew Morton wrote: > On Sun, 03 Feb 2008 09:45:25 +0100 Franck Bui-Huu <vagabon.xyz@gmail.com> wrote: > >> Andrew Morton wrote: >>> On Sat, 02 Feb 2008 14:32:41 +0100 Franck Bui-Huu <vagabon.xyz@gmail.com> 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.
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