linux-kernel - linux-next requiements (Was: Re: [tip:x86/ptrace] ptrace: Add support for generic PTRACE_GETREGSET/PTRACE

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Date:	Mon, 22 Feb 2010 20:33:19 +1100
From:	Stephen Rothwell <sfr@...b.auug.org.au>
To:	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>
Cc:	mingo@...hat.com, hpa@...or.com, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	roland@...hat.com, suresh.b.siddha@...el.com, tglx@...utronix.de,
	hjl.tools@...il.com, linux-tip-commits@...r.kernel.org
Subject: linux-next requiements (Was: Re: [tip:x86/ptrace] ptrace: Add
 support for generic PTRACE_GETREGSET/PTRACE_SETREGSET)

Hi Ingo,

On Mon, 22 Feb 2010 10:07:10 +0100 Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu> wrote:
>
> I'll keep them in tip:master to get them tested, but note that i cannot push 
> any of these patches into linux-next until this is fixed, as linux-next 
> requires all architectures to build, with no regard to which architectures are 
> tested by kernel testers in practice.

I merely expect people not to push known broken code into linux-next.
linux-next breaks on all sorts of architectures all the time (check
http://kisskb.ellerman.id.au/kisskb/branch/9/).  One of the reasons
linux-next exists is so that all kernel developers don't have to build
test on all architectures all the time.  (And, yes, I know that linux-next
doesn't build all architectures or all configs.)

That being said, I will complain about breakages on some architectures
more than others since they are in my personal builds (as opposed to the
over night builds).

That being said (:-)), I am sure that the PARISC guys would appreciate
the original problem being fixed.
-- 
Cheers,
Stephen Rothwell                    sfr@...b.auug.org.au
http://www.canb.auug.org.au/~sfr/

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