linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v3] arch/score/include/uapi/asm/ptrace.h: Remove the macros which not be used currently

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Date:	Thu, 17 Jul 2014 10:52:32 +0800
From:	Lennox Wu <lennox.wu@...il.com>
To:	Guenter Roeck <linux@...ck-us.net>
Cc:	David Rientjes <rientjes@...gle.com>,
	Liqin Chen <liqin.linux@...il.com>,
	Chen Gang <gang.chen.5i5j@...il.com>,
	"linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v3] arch/score/include/uapi/asm/ptrace.h: Remove the
 macros which not be used currently

Yes, you might miss something. Some patches were merged once I
acknowledged them,and some were missed.
So I am not sure the rule, if someone will merge these patches once
them are acknowledged, it is redundant that I issue a
PULL request again.



2014-07-17 10:30 GMT+08:00 Guenter Roeck <linux@...ck-us.net>:
> On 07/16/2014 07:14 PM, Lennox Wu wrote:
>>
>> Actually, I don't know the rule for merging patches. Some patches will
>> be merge,and some will be miss. If the patch is missed, we will merge
>> it into our git.
>>
> Unless I am missing something, this patch is in arch/score, so the
> expectation would be for you to pick it up and send it to Linus.
>
> Guenter
>
>
>> Best,
>> Lennox
>>
>> 2014-07-17 9:49 GMT+08:00 David Rientjes <rientjes@...gle.com>:
>>>
>>> On Thu, 26 Jun 2014, David Rientjes wrote:
>>>
>>>> On Thu, 26 Jun 2014, Chen Gang wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> 'COUNTER' and other same kind macros are too common to use, and easy to
>>>>> get conflict with other modules.
>>>>>
>>>>> At present, they are not used, so it is OK to simply remove them. And
>>>>> the
>>>>> related warning (allmodconfig with score):
>>>>>
>>>>>      CC [M]  drivers/md/raid1.o
>>>>>    In file included from drivers/md/raid1.c:42:0:
>>>>>    drivers/md/bitmap.h:93:0: warning: "COUNTER" redefined
>>>>>     #define COUNTER(x) (((bitmap_counter_t) x) & COUNTER_MAX)
>>>>>     ^
>>>>>    In file included from ./arch/score/include/asm/ptrace.h:4:0,
>>>>>                     from include/linux/sched.h:31,
>>>>>                     from include/linux/blkdev.h:4,
>>>>>                     from drivers/md/raid1.c:36:
>>>>>    ./arch/score/include/uapi/asm/ptrace.h:13:0: note: this is the
>>>>> location of the previous definition
>>>>>     #define COUNTER  38
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Signed-off-by: Chen Gang <gang.chen.5i5j@...il.com>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Acked-by: David Rientjes <rientjes@...gle.com>
>>>>
>>>
>>> Lennox or Liqin, could you please queue this patch for 3.17?
>>
>>
>>
>
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