linux-kernel - Re: [GIT PULL] KVM updates for the 3.4 merge window

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Message-ID: <4F8D19D3.1060002@redhat.com>
Date:	Tue, 17 Apr 2012 10:20:51 +0300
From:	Avi Kivity <avi@...hat.com>
To:	Benjamin Herrenschmidt <benh@...nel.crashing.org>
CC:	Alexander Graf <agraf@...e.de>, Paul Mackerras <paulus@...ba.org>,
	Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>,
	linux-kernel <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	KVM list <kvm@...r.kernel.org>,
	Marcelo Tosatti <mtosatti@...hat.com>,
	Paul Mackerras <paulus@....ibm.com>
Subject: Re: [GIT PULL] KVM updates for the 3.4 merge window

On 04/17/2012 02:05 AM, Benjamin Herrenschmidt wrote:
> On Mon, 2012-04-16 at 15:53 +0300, Avi Kivity wrote:
> > 
> > kvm.git next is exposed to linux-next, where they get tested quite a
> > lot.  Granted it's mostly build testing, and people are unlikely to
> > test
> > kvm there, but they will test the non-kvm bits that creep in there.
> > 
> > > The alternative would be that I don't have a -next tree, just
> > collect patches and immediately send them to Avi. That way the main
> > kvm tree would be broken more often, but at least we don't get these
> > horrible synchronization latencies.
> > 
> > That works too.  Don't post immediately; 2-3 week batches would reduce
> > noise.
>
> Or do like I do with Kumar for FSL stuff... his stuff gets pulled via my
> tree but his tree is in linux-next as well. There's no reason not to do
> that.
>
> That way, his next branch gets linux-next coverage whether it's in my
> tree or not, and I pull when I put the final powerpc-next together,
> which gives me a chance to do a quick vet "just in case" and sort out
> any major conflict before it all goes to Linus.
>

Sure, that works too.

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