Messages in this thread | | | Date | Tue, 10 Feb 2015 09:25:26 -0800 | From | "Paul E. McKenney" <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH 1/6] rcu,nohz: add context_tracking_user_enter/exit wrapper functions |
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On Tue, Feb 10, 2015 at 11:48:37AM -0500, Rik van Riel wrote: > On 02/10/2015 10:28 AM, Frederic Weisbecker wrote: > > On Tue, Feb 10, 2015 at 09:41:45AM -0500, riel@redhat.com wrote: > >> From: Rik van Riel <riel@redhat.com> > >> > >> These wrapper functions allow architecture code (eg. ARM) to keep > >> calling context_tracking_user_enter & context_tracking_user_exit > >> the same way it always has, without error prone tricks like duplicate > >> defines of argument values in assembly code. > >> > >> Signed-off-by: Rik van Riel <riel@redhat.com> > > > > This patch alone doesn't make much sense. > > Agreed, my goal was to keep things super easy to review, > to reduce the chance of introducing bugs. > > > The changelog says it's about keeping > > context_tracking_user_*() functions as wrappers but fails to explain to what they > > wrap, why and what are the new context_tracking_enter/exit functions for. > > > > Perhaps patches 1 and 2 should be merged together into something like: > > > > context_tracking: Generalize context tracking APIs to support user and guest > > > > Do that because we'll also track guest....etc And keep the old user context tracking APIs > > for now to avoid painful enum parameter support in ARM assembly.... > > Can do... > > Paul, would you like me to resend the whole series, or just > a merged patch that replaces patches 1 & 2?
I prefer the whole series, as it reduces my opportunity to introduce human error when applying them. ;-)
> That is assuming Paul prefers having the patches merged into > one :)
I am OK with that. I will merge the next set with the first two patches merged, people have had sufficient opportunity to review.
Thanx, Paul
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