linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 0/4 v3] smp_call_function

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Date:	Wed, 16 Mar 2011 19:13:29 +0100
From:	Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>
To:	Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>
Cc:	Milton Miller <miltonm@....com>, akpm@...ux-foundation.org,
	Anton Blanchard <anton@...ba.org>,
	xiaoguangrong@...fujitsu.com, mingo@...e.hu, jaxboe@...ionio.com,
	npiggin@...il.com, rusty@...tcorp.com.au, efault@....de,
	Jan Beulich <JBeulich@...ell.com>,
	Dimitri Sivanich <sivanich@....com>,
	Tony Luck <tony.luck@...el.com>, paulmck@...ux.vnet.ibm.com,
	benh@...nel.crashing.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 0/4 v3] smp_call_function_many issues from review

On Wed, 2011-03-16 at 10:55 -0700, Linus Torvalds wrote:
> On Tue, Mar 15, 2011 at 12:27 PM, Milton Miller <miltonm@....com> wrote:
> >
> > Looking forward, I would suggest 1 and 2 are required for stable, 3 may
> > be suitable as it fixes races that otherwise requires cpumask copies
> > as in 75c1c91cb92806f960fcd6e53d2a0c21f343081c ([IA64] eliminate race
> > condition in smp_flush_tlb_mm).  By contrast 4 is just comments except
> > for the %pS to %pf change.
> 
> Ok, who should I expect to take this series from? I think the last
> batch came through Andrew. The kernel/smp.c file seems to be one of
> those "unclear maintenance rules" one. The git statistics for the last
> 12 months seem to be
> 
>   Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org> (commit_signer:4/9=44%)
>   Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org> (commit_signer:2/9=22%)
>   Milton Miller <miltonm@....com> (commit_signer:2/9=22%)
>   Tejun Heo <tj@...nel.org> (commit_signer:2/9=22%)
>   Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu> (commit_signer:2/9=22%)
> 
> according to get_maintainer.pl. Should I just take these directly?

I'm fine with that, if people want a maintainer I can volunteer, but as
Jens wrote most of it I'd prefer him to sign off on that ;-)
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