linux-kernel - Re: [GIT PULL] percpu fixes for 2.6.32-rc6

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Date:	Wed, 11 Nov 2009 12:55:55 +0900
From:	Tejun Heo <tj@...nel.org>
To:	Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>
CC:	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>,
	Linux Kernel <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Yinghai Lu <yhlu.kernel@...il.com>
Subject: Re: [GIT PULL] percpu fixes for 2.6.32-rc6

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.

Thanks a lot.

-- 
tejun
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