Messages in this thread | | | Date | Wed, 11 Jan 2012 16:44:55 -0800 | From | "H. Peter Anvin" <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH 3/3] Code clean up for percpu_xxx() functions |
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On 01/11/2012 09:19 AM, tj@kernel.org wrote: > > Alex, can you please collect all patches into a single patchset? > Please split it such that, usage changes are per-system so that they > can be routed through respective subsystems (x86 or net) and updates > to percpu proper which can be applied after other changes have been > applied. It would probably be best to route these patches separately > rather than all through percpu as it touches a lot of different places > and is likely to cause conflicts. I *think* the best way would be, > > * Submit per-subsystem patches and get them merged to subsystem trees. > > * (Optional) Apply a patch to mark unused interface deprecated in > percpu tree, so that new usages in linux-next can be detected. > > * Towards the end of the next merge window, merge a patch to actually > kill the old interface. >
That sounds like a good idea.
-hpa
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