Messages in this thread | | | Date | Sat, 02 Feb 2008 14:32:41 +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 Thu, 17 Jan 2008 21:47:38 +0100 > Franck Bui-Huu <vagabon.xyz@gmail.com> wrote: > >> This patch moves rcu-protected lists from list.h into a new header >> file rculist.h. > > I'm getting way too many compilation errors from this, perhaps because of > new rcu-list usages which weren't present in the old tree (ie: current > Linus mainline) which you tested it against. >
Not really suprising, sorry for the mess.
> The most practical way to prepare a patch like this is to either make it > back-compatible (for a while at least) or to prepare and carefully test it > against latest -mm. That way you'll pick up everyone's new code. >
I'll try to come up with something better: if rculist helpers are used from list.h then issue a warning otherwise every thing is fine since the helpers are imported from rculist.h.
Do you think it's better ?
In the meanwhile, could you drop the patches related to rculist from mm tree ?
Thanks Franck
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