linux-kernel - Re: [pchecks v2 2/2] percpu: Add preemption checks to __this

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Message-ID: <20130928083952.GB26167@gmail.com>
Date:	Sat, 28 Sep 2013 10:39:52 +0200
From:	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...nel.org>
To:	Christoph Lameter <cl@...ux.com>
Cc:	Tejun Heo <tj@...nel.org>, akpm@...uxfoundation.org,
	linux-arch@...r.kernel.org, Steven Rostedt <srostedt@...hat.com>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>,
	Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
	Peter Zijlstra <a.p.zijlstra@...llo.nl>
Subject: Re: [pchecks v2 2/2] percpu: Add preemption checks to __this_cpu ops


* Christoph Lameter <cl@...ux.com> wrote:

> On Wed, 25 Sep 2013, Ingo Molnar wrote:
> 
> > >
> > > I think this is necessary since it seems that the discussions on how 
> > > to do the raw_cpu conversions may take some time. If we enable it by 
> > > default then there will be numerous new log messages. That way a 
> > > developer can enable it for working on this.
> >
> > Note that for these patches to be eligible for upstream merge any 
> > extra warnings that trigger must be fixed, regardless of the default 
> > setting.
> 
> That is exactly what this patch does. There will only be warning if the 
> user enabled them.

You didn't understand me apparently: all warnings that trigger with the 
debug CONFIG option enabled must be fixed before this can be sent 
upstream.

Thanks,

	Ingo
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