linux-kernel - Re: [GIT PULL] scheduler fixes

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Date:	Mon, 18 May 2009 19:09:09 +0200
From:	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>
To:	Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>
Cc:	Jeff Garzik <jgarzik@...ox.com>,
	Alexander Viro <viro@....linux.org.uk>,
	Rusty Russell <rusty@...tcorp.com.au>,
	Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Peter Zijlstra <a.p.zijlstra@...llo.nl>
Subject: Re: [GIT PULL] scheduler fixes


* Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org> wrote:

> On Mon, 18 May 2009, Ingo Molnar wrote:
> > 
> > hm - i've Cc:-ed Jeff & Viro. The background is that Sparse and LLVM 
> > barfed on the current construct and Al strongly advocated this 
> > solution, see:
> 
> I know the background.
> 
> Did you read my email?
> 
> Did you see my one-line patch that fixes the same problem WITHOUT 
> THE INSANITY?

Yes, i even proposed that very patch in the original discussion, in 
my first reply:

    http://lkml.org/lkml/2009/5/8/378

but then got sidetracked by the 'this is C-correct' claim. Should 
have noticed the bogosity, sorry about that.

	Ingo
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