Messages in this thread |  | | | Date | Thu, 25 Jun 2009 08:27:36 -0700 | | From | "Paul E. McKenney" <> | | Subject | Re: [PATCH -tip 0/3] expedited "big hammer" RCU grace periods |
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On Thu, Jun 25, 2009 at 11:59:53AM +0200, Ingo Molnar wrote: > > * Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@linux.vnet.ibm.com> wrote: > > > On Wed, Jun 24, 2009 at 08:03:03PM +0200, Ingo Molnar wrote: > > > > > > * Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@linux.vnet.ibm.com> wrote: > > > > > > > include/linux/rcuclassic.h | 15 ++- > > > > > > heh, we dont have this file anymore ... as of today, right? :) > > > > Ah, I was assuming that expedited RCU would happen before removal > > of Classic RCU. > > Our general preference is to zap code.
Actually worked out nicely in this case -- the fact that Classic RCU is no longer in -tip meant that I could dump 25% of my test cases for expedited RCU. ;-)
I will be posting the updated patch shortly.
> /me stares at: > > $ git diff --stat -M v2.6.30..v2.6.31-rc1 | tail -1 > 7743 files changed, 782278 insertions(+), 403162 deletions(-) > > /me corrects himself: > > Okay, so the zapping of code is the divine guiding principle we've > been following for 15 years. Ending up with a kernel that is 11 > million lines of code is a small imperfection of mankind and is to > be fixed.
;-) ;-) ;-)
I guess that if 11 million lines of code is a small imperfection of mankind, we can only be thankful that we are not tasked with dealing with the large imperfections. ;-)
Thanx, Paul
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