linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH RFC tip/core/rcu 06/11] staging: remove all rcu head initializations

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Date:	Tue, 11 May 2010 16:45:23 -0700
From:	Greg KH <gregkh@...e.de>
To:	"Paul E. McKenney" <paulmck@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, mingo@...e.hu, laijs@...fujitsu.com,
	dipankar@...ibm.com, akpm@...ux-foundation.org,
	mathieu.desnoyers@...ymtl.ca, josh@...htriplett.org,
	dvhltc@...ibm.com, niv@...ibm.com, tglx@...utronix.de,
	peterz@...radead.org, rostedt@...dmis.org, Valdis.Kletnieks@...edu,
	dhowells@...hat.com, eric.dumazet@...il.com,
	Mathieu Desnoyers <mathieu.desnoyers@...icios.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH RFC tip/core/rcu 06/11] staging: remove all rcu head
 initializations

On Tue, May 11, 2010 at 04:33:01PM -0700, Paul E. McKenney wrote:
> Remove all rcu head inits. We don't care about the RCU head state before passing
> it to call_rcu() anyway. Only leave the "on_stack" variants so debugobjects can
> keep track of objects on stack.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Mathieu Desnoyers <mathieu.desnoyers@...icios.com>
> Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>
> Cc: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...e.de>
> ---
>  drivers/staging/batman-adv/hard-interface.c |    1 -

Is this safe to apply to my tree now?  Or do you want to take it through
your tree as it depends on other stuff?

If your tree, no objection from me, feel free to add:
	Acked-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...e.de>

thanks,

greg k-h
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