linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 0/5] WorkStruct: Shrink work

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Date:	Thu, 23 Nov 2006 13:40:11 -0800
From:	Andrew Morton <akpm@...l.org>
To:	David Howells <dhowells@...hat.com>
Cc:	Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...l.org>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 0/5] WorkStruct: Shrink work_struct by two thirds

On Thu, 23 Nov 2006 20:01:11 +0000
David Howells <dhowells@...hat.com> wrote:

> Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...l.org> wrote:
> 
> > I obviously didn't see how nasty the conflicts were, and I would want it 
> > to be not too painful for Andrew. So I could either take it early after 
> > 2.6.19 _or_ after Andrew has merged the bulk of his stuff, depending on 
> > which way is easier.
> 
> Perhaps if Andrew gives me an estimate of what patches he's going to commit
> this time around, I can use those as a base for my patch.
> 

Most of the outstanding work is in git trees, so I don't know.

Just merge it late in merge window - we'll work it out.

But please make sure it's all done this time.  ie: use grep.  Heaps of simple
stuff got missed in the pt_regs conversion.  
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