Messages in this thread | | | Date | Mon, 20 Dec 2010 17:12:59 -0700 | From | Jonathan Corbet <> | Subject | Re: [RFC PATCH 06/15] nohz_task: Keep the tick if rcu needs it |
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On Tue, 21 Dec 2010 00:49:38 +0100 Frederic Weisbecker <fweisbec@gmail.com> wrote:
> Nope, the new config can only be built after [RFC PATCH 11/15] x86: Nohz task support > > I know I split up the patches in some unusual way but I did that on purpose: > I wanted to have a finegrained patchset so that it's more reviewable than a big > "core support" - "arch support" dual patch based style. > > But I ensured the new config can not be enabled before it's entirely buildable > and has no known bugs.
Which is a nice thought (it helped me to understand the patches - article forthcoming), but there is a downside: if anybody tries to bisect a problem, they'll end up at #11. This stuff is sufficiently tricky that it would be nice to be able to bisect a little closer to the patch which actually introduced a bug.
jon
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