linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 0/7] new kfifo API

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Date:	Thu, 13 Aug 2009 09:27:21 +0000
From:	Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>
To:	Amerigo Wang <xiyou.wangcong@...il.com>
Cc:	Stefani Seibold <stefani@...bold.net>,
	"linux-kernel" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Andi Kleen <andi@...stfloor.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 0/7] new kfifo API

On Thursday 13 August 2009 03:09:03 Amerigo Wang wrote:

> And, personally I don't like your splitting of these patches,
> I prefer to see kfifo API changes first, then their usages.
 
Note that they are relatively hard to split without breaking
git-bisect. That can only work if you are able to introduce
the API under a different name first and then change the
users, finally removing the old API.

	Arnd <><
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