linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 11/12] Generic semaphore implementation

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Message-ID: <20080229192123.GB19476@elte.hu>
Date:	Fri, 29 Feb 2008 20:21:23 +0100
From:	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>
To:	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
Cc:	Matthew Wilcox <matthew@....cx>,
	Stephen Rothwell <sfr@...b.auug.org.au>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	Matthew Wilcox <willy@...ux.intel.com>,
	Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
	linux-arch@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 11/12] Generic semaphore implementation

* Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org> wrote:

> yummy summary:
> 
>  254 files changed, 386 insertions(+), 7827 deletions(-)
> 
> The only major conflict is with avr32 which seems to have just done a 
> major revamp of that architecture's semaphore implementation.  Oh 
> well.
> 
> There are a couple of small #include rejects here and there, nothing 
> at all major.
> 
> Yes, let's get this into linux-next if poss please.  If mainline later 
> breaks for some architecture, well, we did our best..

a better approach would be to send the core bits to Linus right now - as 
long as it's Kconfig isolated and inactive code - hence it is eligible 
as a cleanup.

That means arch maintainers could start applying the patches at their 
own pace, starting right now, in their own work-flow and test-flow. 
(obviously, the first such patches would hit mainline starting in the 
next merge window)

And all the linux-next integration trouble down the line is avoided, and 
each architecture can do a concentrated effort of: 'get rid of semaphore 
code'.

Please!

	Ingo
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