linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 00/18] RAS daemon: Easter Eggs Edition

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Date:	Fri, 29 Apr 2011 16:31:45 +0200
From:	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>
To:	Borislav Petkov <bp@...64.org>
Cc:	Frederic Weisbecker <fweisbec@...il.com>,
	Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@...radead.org>,
	Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>,
	Steven Rostedt <rostedt@...dmis.org>,
	Tony Luck <tony.luck@...el.com>,
	Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab@...hat.com>,
	David Ahern <dsahern@...il.com>,
	EDAC devel <linux-edac@...r.kernel.org>,
	LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 00/18] RAS daemon: Easter Eggs Edition


* Borislav Petkov <bp@...64.org> wrote:

> On Fri, Apr 29, 2011 at 10:08:48AM -0400, Frederic Weisbecker wrote:
> > 
> > If you want to accelerate that, I suggest you cut your patchset into 
> > smaller sets and focus on merging them piece by piece. Few people are going 
> > to review 18 patches at once. They may plan to scatter their review over 
> > days but that doesn't scale well, and it naturally reduces the number of 
> > reviewers.
> > 
> > You could start with exporting trace things into tools/trace, post the few 
> > concerned patches and iterate them until everyone is happy. Then switch to 
> > another subset of the big thing.
> 
> Hi Frederic,
> 
> I can definitely do that. I just wanted to know before I do it though, 
> whether the general direction is ok and whether people are fine with the 
> changes, i.e. Arnaldo, Ingo, Peter, Steven, any reactions? If yes, I can get 
> to work and split the big pile into more digestible pieces.

I definitely like the general approach, it's a big step forward from mcelog. 
Might make sense to progress to the small digestible patches stage to get out 
the detailed reviews?

Thanks,

	Ingo
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