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Date: Wed, 11 Nov 2009 12:31:47 +0100 From: Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu> To: Tejun Heo <tj@...nel.org> Cc: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>, Linux Kernel <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>, Yinghai Lu <yhlu.kernel@...il.com> Subject: Re: [GIT PULL] percpu fixes for 2.6.32-rc6 * Tejun Heo <tj@...nel.org> wrote: > Hello, > > Linus Torvalds wrote: > > I want the cleanup because I think that the code sucks from a "future > > proofing" and readability standpoint, but I really don't mind one way or > > the other whether you want to finally do that one "return 1" correctly for > > one commit, only to then fix it to not do that three-way test of a single > > function in the next one. > > > > So whatever works - as long as the end result both looks sane and doesn't > > have the bug we clearly have now. > > I was mostly worrying about introducing unrelated bug while changing. > Anyways, one patch it is. I'll route it through tip as suggested by > Ingo in a few hours. Btw., i'd suggest you keep it in your percpu tree as usual and send it to Linus directly - i offered testing for the cleanup patch (and can pull your patch for such a purpose), it doesnt 'have' to go via -tip. Ingo -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@...r.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
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