linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] module: kzalloc mod->ref

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Date:	Tue, 27 Jan 2009 10:58:36 +0900
From:	Tejun Heo <tj@...nel.org>
To:	Rusty Russell <rusty@...tcorp.com.au>
CC:	Takashi Iwai <tiwai@...e.de>, Ingo Molnar <mingo@...hat.com>,
	Kyle McMartin <kyle@...radead.org>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, Eric Dumazet <dada1@...mosbay.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] module: kzalloc mod->ref

Rusty Russell wrote:
> On Monday 26 January 2009 17:51:21 Rusty Russell wrote:
>> On Thursday 15 January 2009 15:21:46 Rusty Russell wrote:
>>> In fact, I've decided to go back and add Eric's patch.  Since
>>> alloc_percpu isn't going to be fixed this merge window, we'll do this
>>> now, then simply use alloc_percpu once that is merged.
>> And with the following fixes, it's in linux-next for tomorrow.
> 
> Ingo, can I push this via your tree?  I don't expect any problems, but I
> hate breaking modules and it'd be nice to have indep testing and get this in
> soon; linux-next is off this week.
> 
> (The percpu alloc patchset I promised Tejun also depends trivially on this
> so getting it upstream will forward that handoff).

FWIW, the patch looks good to me and I'll be happy to forward it
through core/percpu.

Thanks.

-- 
tejun
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