linux-kernel - Re: [update] Re: new execve/kernel

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Date:	Fri, 7 Dec 2012 21:40:59 -0500
From:	Chris Metcalf <cmetcalf@...era.com>
To:	Al Viro <viro@...IV.linux.org.uk>
CC:	<linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>, <linux-arch@...r.kernel.org>,
	Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Catalin Marinas <catalin.marinas@....com>,
	Haavard Skinnemoen <hskinnemoen@...il.com>,
	Mike Frysinger <vapier@...too.org>,
	Jesper Nilsson <jesper.nilsson@...s.com>,
	David Howells <dhowells@...hat.com>,
	Tony Luck <tony.luck@...el.com>,
	Benjamin Herrenschmidt <benh@...nel.crashing.org>,
	Hirokazu Takata <takata@...ux-m32r.org>,
	Geert Uytterhoeven <geert@...ux-m68k.org>,
	Michal Simek <monstr@...str.eu>,
	Jonas Bonn <jonas@...thpole.se>,
	"James E.J. Bottomley" <jejb@...isc-linux.org>,
	Richard Kuo <rkuo@...eaurora.org>,
	Martin Schwidefsky <schwidefsky@...ibm.com>,
	Lennox Wu <lennox.wu@...il.com>,
	"David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>,
	Paul Mundt <lethal@...ux-sh.org>,
	Chris Zankel <chris@...kel.net>,
	Yoshinori Sato <ysato@...rs.sourceforge.jp>,
	Guan Xuetao <gxt@...c.pku.edu.cn>
Subject: Re: [update] Re: new execve/kernel_thread design

On 12/7/2012 5:23 PM, Al Viro wrote:
> Current situation:
>
> * most of the architectures are OK - alpha arm arm64 c6x frv hexagon ia64 m68k
> microblaze mips openrisc parisc sparc s390 tile um unicore32 x86 xtensa
>
> * powerpc *still* awaits an ACK from maintainers; no reports of any breakage
> on linux-next and seems to be doing fine on my tests.
>
> * sh - still nothing from Paul; I'm going to assume that what we have in
> linux-next is OK
>
> * mn10300 - untested, AFAIK
> * avr32, blackfin, cris, h8300, score - maintainers seem to be MIA
> * m32r - maintainer is not MIA, but I'm not sure if anyone, including
> maintainer, has working m32r test boxen anymore...  Anyway, not a word on
> m32r patches in that pile.
>
> Folks, this is the final warning - I *will* send a pull request on the
> stuff currently in linux-next as soon as the merge window opens.  It had
> been sitting there for a long time by now and you've all been Cc'd on
> that thread all along.

IMHO, Al has done a great job reaching out to the architecture maintainers with this round of changes.  I think it should be a model for any kind of similar tree-wide work.

-- 
Chris Metcalf, Tilera Corp.
http://www.tilera.com

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