linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] Use __u64 in aligned

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Message-ID: <20080104110333.GA26149@elte.hu>
Date:	Fri, 4 Jan 2008 12:03:33 +0100
From:	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>
To:	Jan Engelhardt <jengelh@...putergmbh.de>
Cc:	Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	davem@...emloft.net, Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] Use __u64 in aligned_u64's definition


* Jan Engelhardt <jengelh@...putergmbh.de> wrote:

> 
> On Jan 2 2008 13:42, Linus Torvalds wrote:
> >On Wed, 2 Jan 2008, Jan Engelhardt wrote:
> >>
> >> A cleanup. Or perhaps a precautionary change, should unsigned long
> >> long ever become something that is not 64-bit. It was intended for
> >> 2.6.25 actually. You don't take patches this early, do you?
> >
> >Yeah, no, I don't take patches early. I've considered setting up another 
> >branch for early patches, but decided that I'm (a) lazy and (b) better off 
> >encouraging people in the late -rc timeframe to just concentrate on the 
> >-rc's, not the next version.
>
> Well you can also apply it right now, then it's done and life can go 
> on.

which part of the "it's an unnecessary distraction" concept didnt you 
understand? We are in -rc6 and all the codebase is in deep freeze. Delay 
your patch to when the 2.6.25 merge window starts and life can go on.

	Ingo
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