linux-kernel - Re: linux-next: manual merge of the arm tree with Linus' tree

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Message-ID: <20120313083630.GA10131@elte.hu>
Date:	Tue, 13 Mar 2012 09:36:30 +0100
From:	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>
To:	Russell King <rmk@....linux.org.uk>
Cc:	Stephen Rothwell <sfr@...b.auug.org.au>,
	linux-next@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	Catalin Marinas <catalin.marinas@....com>,
	Peter Zijlstra <a.p.zijlstra@...llo.nl>
Subject: Re: linux-next: manual merge of the arm tree with Linus' tree


* Russell King <rmk@....linux.org.uk> wrote:

> On Tue, Mar 13, 2012 at 07:16:22AM +0100, Ingo Molnar wrote:
> > 
> > * Stephen Rothwell <sfr@...b.auug.org.au> wrote:
> > 
> > > Hi Russell,
> > > 
> > > Today's linux-next merge of the arm tree got a conflict in
> > > kernel/sched/core.c between commit 8c79a045fd59 ("sched/events: Revert
> > > trace_sched_stat_sleeptime()") from Linus' tree and commit 1cf00341547a
> > > ("sched: Introduce the finish_arch_post_lock_switch() scheduler hook")
> > > from the arm tree.
> > > 
> > > Just context changes.  I fixed it up (see below) and can carry the fix as
> > > necessary.
> > 
> > This commit seems simple enough and has PeterZ's ack, but if 
> > there are more scheduler patches coming in this area then 
> > please send it to the scheduler tree first: we can create a 
> > pullable, stable topic branch for it which the ARM tree can 
> > then use.
> > 
> > That approach would also avoid conflicts as a side effect.
> 
> Please check your mailbox:

I'm aware of that old thread, I'd just prefer to hear about your 
plans patching the scheduler *before* you commit it to 
linux-next ;-)

Please make sure none of these scheduler patches go to the ARM 
tree without a proper Git space solution that involves the 
scheduler folks.

Thanks,

	Ingo
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