linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH -next 0/7] ipc: some misc updates & optimizations

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Date:	Sat, 11 Jan 2014 10:02:55 +0100
From:	Manfred Spraul <manfred@...orfullife.com>
To:	Davidlohr Bueso <davidlohr@...com>, akpm@...ux-foundation.org
CC:	riel@...hat.com, aswin@...com, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH -next 0/7] ipc: some misc updates & optimizations

Hi David,

On 01/10/2014 07:48 PM, Davidlohr Bueso wrote:
> A few updates to the ipc code, mostly some very needed cleanups (yes, we still
> have loads more to do, but it's a start). Nothing particularly interesting,
> except perhaps for the last two patches, which include a locking optimization
> and barrier documentation for message queues. Absolutely no functional changes.
>
> Applies on top of linux-next +  Manfred's 'whitespace cleanup' patch. Tested
> with LTP.
Now you confuse me.
In your other mail, you write that my patch doesn't apply to linux-next:

On 01/07/2014 06:12 PM, Davidlohr Bueso wrote:
> This patch doesn't apply on top of linux-next (which now includes 
> Rafael's changes), could you please resend? I'm planning some more 
> cleanups on top of this so, if Andrew agrees, I can include these 
> changes to my patchset. Thanks, Davidlohr 

Perhaps: Could you include (and update, if required) my patch into your 
patchset?
It's probably simpler if we have only one set of ipc cleanups around.

> Thanks!
>
> Davidlohr Bueso (7):
>    ipc: standardize code comments
>    ipc: remove braces for single statements
>    ipc: remove useless return statement
>    ipc: simplify sysvipc_proc_open return
>    ipc: delete seq_max field in struct ipc_ids
Acked-by: Manfred Spraul <manfred@...orfullife.com>
>    ipc: share ids rwsem when possible in ipcget_public
This patch is a real change. Could you at least make it the last one in 
the series?
I will try to review it, but I don't know yet when I will find the time.

>    ipc,msg: document barriers
Acked-by: Manfred Spraul <manfred@...orfullife.com>

--
     Manfred
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