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Date: Sat, 4 Aug 2012 05:46:59 +0100 From: Al Viro <viro@...IV.linux.org.uk> To: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org> Cc: dedekind1@...il.com, Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org> Subject: Re: Linux 3.6-rc1 On Fri, Aug 03, 2012 at 01:23:29PM -0700, Linus Torvalds wrote: > On Thu, Aug 2, 2012 at 11:47 PM, Artem Bityutskiy <dedekind1@...il.com> wrote: > > > > We have had 11 of 13 pieces of the 'sync_supers()' removal patch-sets > > merged. The 12th piece removes dead code in exofs was supposed to go > > through the exofs tree and blocked the 13th piece which removes > > 'sync_supers()' and was supposed to go via the VFS tree. > > > > Both 12th and 13th pieces zap dead code. I man not sure delaying that to > > v3.7 would be very beneficial for the kernel (why having a useless > > thread waking up every 5 secs?). Would you let us merge this to -rc1? > > Ok. I'm pulling the exofs changes, they're small and remove more lines > than they add. And if the last piece then just kills dead code, I > won't mind that either. OK... I've ported Artem's patchset on top of exofs merge; Artem, could you check if you are OK with the result currently in vfs.git#for-linus? -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@...r.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
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