linux-kernel - Re: current linux-2.6.git: cpusets completely broken

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Message-ID: <alpine.LFD.1.10.0807131117530.2959@woody.linux-foundation.org>
Date:	Sun, 13 Jul 2008 11:20:10 -0700 (PDT)
From:	Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>
To:	Dmitry Adamushko <dmitry.adamushko@...il.com>
cc:	Vegard Nossum <vegard.nossum@...il.com>,
	Paul Menage <menage@...gle.com>,
	Max Krasnyansky <maxk@...lcomm.com>, Paul Jackson <pj@....com>,
	Peter Zijlstra <a.p.zijlstra@...llo.nl>, miaox@...fujitsu.com,
	rostedt@...dmis.org, Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>,
	Linux Kernel <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: current linux-2.6.git: cpusets completely broken



On Sun, 13 Jul 2008, Dmitry Adamushko wrote:
> 
> Yes, I agree. And I did _not_ say that the current design is sane. My
> impression about changes acceptable during a late release cycle was
> utterly CRAPPY (indeed, it's always better to immediately fix a
> problem the right way, not just add another patch and pray it doesn't
> break somewhere else).

I do agree that since I really want to do 2.6.26 (and I don't think this 
single issue is worth holding anything up for, considering that we do have 
a tested and understood patch - I was worried for a while), for now we'll 
do the minimal thing, and release 2.6.26 with just that.

I just want the longer-term strategy to be something more understandable 
that doesn't depend on very subtle ordering of various different callback 
functions etc.

			Linus
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