linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v4 00/57] x86/dumpstack: rewrite x86 stack dump code

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Date:	Thu, 18 Aug 2016 10:41:22 -0400
From:	Steven Rostedt <rostedt@...dmis.org>
To:	Josh Poimboeuf <jpoimboe@...hat.com>
Cc:	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...nel.org>,
	Frederic Weisbecker <fweisbec@...il.com>,
	Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
	"H . Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>, x86@...nel.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	Andy Lutomirski <luto@...capital.net>,
	Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Brian Gerst <brgerst@...il.com>,
	Kees Cook <keescook@...omium.org>,
	Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>,
	Byungchul Park <byungchul.park@....com>,
	Nilay Vaish <nilayvaish@...il.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v4 00/57] x86/dumpstack: rewrite x86 stack dump code

On Thu, 18 Aug 2016 09:31:36 -0500
Josh Poimboeuf <jpoimboe@...hat.com> wrote:

> On Thu, Aug 18, 2016 at 03:39:35PM +0200, Ingo Molnar wrote:
> > 
> > * Frederic Weisbecker <fweisbec@...il.com> wrote:
> >   
> > > > Josh Poimboeuf (57):  
> > > 
> > > I am personally unable to review a 57 patches series.
> > > 
> > > Any chance you could split it into self-contained steps? In general doing so 
> > > increase the chances for reviews, accelerate merging, improve maintainance...  
> > 
> > Yes, please!
> > 
> > Series of no more than 4-6 patches, ordered in a logical fasion from lowest risk / 
> > simplest towards highest risk / most complex.  
> 
> You're right, that would be better.  My apologies for spamming.  It
> started with "only" 19 patches in v1 and then quickly got out of hand.
> 
> I may split it up something like this:

This looks fine. My wife came down to complain to me that my tablet was
"popping" too much. (it pops for every email I get).

But don't send these all at once. Send one series out and focus on
that, then when that is all set, then work on the next series.

-- Steve