linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] add iommu_num

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Message-Id: <200807290845.28709.jbarnes@virtuousgeek.org>
Date:	Tue, 29 Jul 2008 08:45:28 -0700
From:	Jesse Barnes <jbarnes@...tuousgeek.org>
To:	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>
Cc:	Stephen Rothwell <sfr@...b.auug.org.au>,
	FUJITA Tomonori <fujita.tomonori@....ntt.co.jp>,
	joerg.roedel@....com, mingo@...hat.com, tglx@...utronix.de,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, iommu@...ts.linux-foundation.org,
	bhavna.sarathy@....com, robert.richter@....com
Subject: Re: [PATCH] add iommu_num_pages helper function

On Tuesday, July 29, 2008 4:27 am Ingo Molnar wrote:
> * Stephen Rothwell <sfr@...b.auug.org.au> wrote:
> > Hi Ingo,
> >
> > On Sat, 26 Jul 2008 15:41:56 +0200 Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu> wrote:
> > > ok, i'll apply the 3 patches to tip/x86/iommu. As usual, feel free to
> > > send IOMMU cleanups/generalizations/fixes against tip/master:
> > >
> > >   http://people.redhat.com/mingo/tip.git/README
> >
> > So, I assume a patch created on July 25 is not destined for 2.6.27,
> > right?  Especially since it breaks another architecture build and has
> > only made it to linux-next on July 29 ... and needs more work given
> > the comments already on this patch.
>
> Correct, they were not intended for immediate upstream merging, they
> werent even in auto-x86-next so there was no meaningful linux-next
> exposure.
>
> I was surprised they went upstream via the PCI tree yesterday, just
> hours after i sent them over to Jesse and about an hour before -rc1 was
> released. [ Nor did intend the core/generic-dma-coherent bits to go
> upstream right before -rc1 - although those seem to be problem-free so
> far. ]
>
> I stopped sending non-urgent patches to Linus days ago, to let things
> calm down for a smooth -rc1 release.

Yeah I had a few things that I wanted to get upstream before -rc1, so I was 
probably a bit hasty with these bits (I thought they had had more soak time).  
Sounds like things are all worked out now though...

Thanks,
Jesse
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