linux-kernel - Re: pull request: wireless-2.6 2008-08-04

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Message-Id: <1217886123.7819.23.camel@californication>
Date:	Mon, 04 Aug 2008 23:42:03 +0200
From:	Marcel Holtmann <marcel@...tmann.org>
To:	"John W. Linville" <linville@...driver.com>
Cc:	davem@...emloft.net, linux-wireless@...r.kernel.org,
	netdev@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: pull request: wireless-2.6 2008-08-04

Hi John,

> > > Luis R. Rodriguez (4):
> > >       list.h: Add list_splice_tail() and list_splice_tail_init()
> > >       list.h: add list_cut_position()
> > 
> > have these two changes got reviewed on LKML? I don't see any ACKs for it
> > in the commit message.
> 
> Hmmm...no.  I thought the original patches had been copied to
> linux-kernel, but it looks like that is not the case.
> 
> The original patches are archived here:
> 
> 	http://marc.info/?l=linux-wireless&m=121783421908441&w=2
> 
> 	http://marc.info/?l=linux-wireless&m=121783422008445&w=2
> 
> What problems do you see with them?

I don't see a problem with these patches, but they should at least be
reviewed on LKML once. Changes to core kernel infrastructure should not
be merged silently via subsystem trees without any kind of ACKs.

Regards

Marcel


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