linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] Update of Documentation/ (VM sysctls)

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Message-ID: <495E40EE.8080904@oracle.com>
Date:	Fri, 02 Jan 2009 08:29:34 -0800
From:	Randy Dunlap <randy.dunlap@...cle.com>
To:	"Peter W. Morreale" <pmorreale@...ell.com>
CC:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, comandante@...alinux.com,
	bb@...ochet.net, Rik van Riel <riel@...linux.org>,
	linux-mm@...ck.org, Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] Update of Documentation/ (VM sysctls)

Peter W. Morreale wrote:
> On Thu, 2009-01-01 at 20:03 -0800, Randy Dunlap wrote:
>> Peter W Morreale wrote:
> 
>>> It assumes that patch: http://lkml.org/lkml/2008/12/31/219 has been applied.
>>> This is probably wrong since that patch is still being reviewed and not
>>> officially accepted as of this patch.  Not sure how to handle this at
>>> all.  
>> Yes, this patch should be done first/regardless of your other (pending) patch.
>>
> 
> Wait a sec...  
> 
> There is a patch interdependency here.
> 
> This patch includes the text for the two proposed sysctls.  If they are
> rejected, then this help text will refer to two non-existent sysctls.
> Minor issue compared to:
> 
> The pdflush sysctl patch was respun to include adding text (against the
> current vm.txt) for the new sysctls.  So that patch will fail to apply
> should this patch be added first. 
> 
> See what I mean? So what do I do?

Sorry about the confusion.  What I meant was that this patch's concept
(moving VM sysctls to Doc/sysctl/vm.txt) should be done first (without
the new pdflush pieces), then the new pdflush pieces should be done on
top of that first patch.  Is that clearer?

-- 
~Randy
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