linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] acpi: drop support for force

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Date:   Tue, 11 Apr 2017 15:54:43 +0200
From:   "Rafael J. Wysocki" <rafael@...nel.org>
To:     Michal Hocko <mhocko@...nel.org>
Cc:     "Rafael J. Wysocki" <rafael@...nel.org>,
        "Rafael J. Wysocki" <rjw@...ysocki.net>, Joey Lee <jlee@...e.com>,
        Jiri Kosina <jkosina@...e.cz>,
        Kani Toshimitsu <toshi.kani@....com>,
        Len Brown <lenb@...nel.org>,
        LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        ACPI Devel Maling List <linux-acpi@...r.kernel.org>,
        linux-api@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] acpi: drop support for force_remove

On Tue, Apr 11, 2017 at 3:52 PM, Michal Hocko <mhocko@...nel.org> wrote:
> On Tue 11-04-17 15:48:04, Rafael J. Wysocki wrote:
>> On Tue, Apr 11, 2017 at 2:20 PM, Michal Hocko <mhocko@...nel.org> wrote:
>> > On Tue 11-04-17 00:15:42, Rafael J. Wysocki wrote:
> [...]
>> >> I'll apply it if nobody has any problems with it.
>> >
>> > It is definitely your call but how long are we going to wait
>> > (considering that the current behavior is obviously broken wrt memory
>> > hotplug)?
>>
>> A couple of days more?  Surely not going to push it into 4.11 at this
>> stage as it is an ABI change.
>
> Ohh, I didn't want to push it to 4.11 this late but having it in
> linux-next might help to catch some users who are not following the
> mailing list. Going to 4.12 would be really great but I wouldn't really
> object even 4.13...

4.12 is probably fine.  I don't see a compelling reason to sit on this
for a whole cycle, FWIW.

Thanks,
Rafael