linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH -v2 00/10] x86: Use BRK to pre mapping page table to make xen happy

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Date:	Mon, 8 Oct 2012 23:21:15 -0700
From:	Yinghai Lu <yinghai@...nel.org>
To:	"H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>
Cc:	Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>, Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>,
	Jacob Shin <jacob.shin@....com>, Tejun Heo <tj@...nel.org>,
	Stefano Stabellini <stefano.stabellini@...citrix.com>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH -v2 00/10] x86: Use BRK to pre mapping page table to make
 xen happy

On Mon, Oct 8, 2012 at 11:07 PM, H. Peter Anvin <hpa@...or.com> wrote:
> On 10/09/2012 12:39 PM, Yinghai Lu wrote:
>> on top of tip/x86/mm2
>
> Hi Yinghai,
>
> This patchset doesn't apply on top of tip:x86/mm2, starting at patch 08/10.

sorry for that. I refresh my base to current linus/master and tip/master.

could be some change there.

could solve it:
1. update x86/mm2 to linus/master
2. or i resend the patch again with x86/mm2 as base.

please let me know which one you like.

>
> Furthermore, a lot of the descriptions are both incomplete and
> incomprehensible, which makes the patchset very very hard to review.
>
> You should think of the descriptions as writing a (short) paper on your
> patchset, where you describe not just what you are doing, but how you
> accomplish the objective and why that objective is the right thing do
> accomplish.

Actually I spent a while on the changelog of this patchset.

will spend more time for next reversion.

>
> Overall, this patchset seems to be going in the right direction, but I
> have several concerns with details.

good, will update the patches accordingly.

Thanks

Yinghai
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