linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH x86] [12/16] Optimize lock prefix switching to run less frequently

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Message-Id: <200801041604.57964.ak@suse.de>
Date:	Fri, 4 Jan 2008 16:04:57 +0100
From:	Andi Kleen <ak@...e.de>
To:	"Pekka Enberg" <penberg@...helsinki.fi>
Cc:	"Thomas Gleixner" <tglx@...utronix.de>,
	LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	"Ingo Molnar" <mingo@...e.hu>,
	"Andrew Morton" <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH x86] [12/16] Optimize lock prefix switching to run less frequently

On Friday 04 January 2008 16:02:37 Pekka Enberg wrote:
> Hi Andi,
> 
> On Jan 4, 2008 4:39 PM, Andi Kleen <ak@...e.de> wrote:
> > > The kernel process request that _all_ contributors run their patches
> > > through checkpath.pl and fix the problems.
> >
> > That's new. When and by whom was that rule been introduced? And with what
> > rationale?
> 
> Not be new to anyone trying to sneak a patch past Andrew for the past
> few months...

I got several in and I don't remember anybody complaining about this
before Ingo/Thomas.

-Andi


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