Messages in this thread | | | Date | Sun, 5 Apr 2009 19:01:13 +0200 | From | Andi Kleen <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH -tip] Convert CONFIG_SMP=y powerpc defconfigs to TREE_RCU. |
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On Sun, Apr 05, 2009 at 09:49:04AM -0700, Paul E. McKenney wrote: > On Sun, Apr 05, 2009 at 12:37:59PM +0200, Andi Kleen wrote: > > > I'd suggest you dont do these dozens of defconfig updates at all - > > > arch maintainers can do this themselves, once the core kernel > > > default has been flipped. > > > > AFAIK they don't. There's no make updatemyconfigwithdefaultstatementsconfig > > My guess is that I would in fact have to send a few patches. But I > suppose that the real question is "how long should we wait to drop > Classic RCU once the last arch has changed its defconfig?" I have > been assuming that we would wait one release cycle.
I don't think you have to wait, stale entries in defconfigs happen all the time and Kconfig just asks then.
-Andi -- ak@linux.intel.com -- Speaking for myself only.
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