linux-kernel - Re: [GIT PULL] x86/entry changes for 3.20, round 1

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Date:	Thu, 15 Jan 2015 11:37:54 +0100
From:	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...nel.org>
To:	"Paul E. McKenney" <paulmck@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>
Cc:	Andy Lutomirski <luto@...capital.net>,
	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...hat.com>,
	Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>, X86 ML <x86@...nel.org>,
	"linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Denys Vlasenko <dvlasenk@...hat.com>,
	Borislav Petkov <bp@...en8.de>,
	Tony Luck <tony.luck@...el.com>,
	"H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>
Subject: Re: [GIT PULL] x86/entry changes for 3.20, round 1


* Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@...ux.vnet.ibm.com> wrote:

> On Wed, Jan 14, 2015 at 05:59:26PM -0800, Andy Lutomirski wrote:
> > Hi Ingo and Thomas,
> > 
> > At Linus' suggestion, I'm trying out some maintainerish stuff for x86
> > entry code.  Please consider pulling to an appropriate branch *after
> > Paul sends his RCU pull request*, only if 734d16801349 is included in
> > that pull request.  If this goes well, maybe I'll submit a MAINTAINERS
> > patch, too.
> > 
> > IMPORTANT: This is based on an RCU change that you don't have yet.  I
> > think that Paul is planning on sending a pull request with that change
> > fairly soon.  The code in here would compile without that fix, but it
> > would introduce a nasty regression, so, to avoid breaking bisection, I
> > based this off of the relevant change in Paul's tree.  (It's the very
> > first change for 3.20 in his current queue.)
> 
> Yep, should happen by early next week, if it survives this weekend's
> testing.  ;-)

Ok, I'll first wait for that pull request to arrive then.

Thanks,

	Ingo
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