linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 1/2] IPC: message queue receive cleanup

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Message-ID: <4F7CDBB6.3000106@tilera.com>
Date:	Wed, 4 Apr 2012 19:39:34 -0400
From:	Chris Metcalf <cmetcalf@...era.com>
To:	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
CC:	Stanislav Kinsbursky <skinsbursky@...allels.com>,
	<serge.hallyn@...onical.com>, <criu@...nvz.org>,
	<lucas.demarchi@...fusion.mobi>, <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	<dhowells@...hat.com>, Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/2] IPC: message queue receive cleanup

On 4/4/2012 7:05 PM, Andrew Morton wrote:
> On Wed, 15 Feb 2012 20:54:31 +0400
> Stanislav Kinsbursky <skinsbursky@...allels.com> wrote:
>
>> This patch moves all message related manipulation into one function msg_fill().
>> Actually, two functions because of the compat one.
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Stanislav Kinsbursky <skinsbursky@...allels.com>
>>
>> ---
>>  arch/tile/kernel/compat.c |   11 +----------
>>  include/linux/compat.h    |    2 ++
>>  include/linux/msg.h       |    5 +++--
>>  ipc/compat.c              |   33 +++++++++++++++++----------------
>>  ipc/msg.c                 |   44 +++++++++++++++++++++++---------------------
> The arch/tile/kernel/compat.c change throws a big reject against
> current mainline because the code it is patching has disappeared and I
> didn't check where it went.  Check this, please?

I merged that code into ipc/compat.c with a new
CONFIG_ARCH_WANT_OLD_COMPAT_IPC guard in commit 48b25c43e6ee.

> Arnd, could you please pass an eye across this work?  Thanks.
-- 
Chris Metcalf, Tilera Corp.
http://www.tilera.com

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