linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 09/16] percpu: Replace smp_read_barrier_depends() with lockless

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Message-ID: <CAJhHMCB1+XtXGjP-GhVN1+TPto+cfZYAwAXg+P+tpAmytynSuQ@mail.gmail.com>
Date:	Fri, 14 Nov 2014 11:02:10 -0500
From:	Pranith Kumar <bobby.prani@...il.com>
To:	Tejun Heo <tj@...nel.org>
Cc:	Christoph Lameter <cl@...ux-foundation.org>,
	open list <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Paul McKenney <paulmck@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 09/16] percpu: Replace smp_read_barrier_depends() with lockless_dereference()

On Fri, Nov 14, 2014 at 8:14 AM, Tejun Heo <tj@...nel.org> wrote:
>
> How should this be routed?  There's a pending change on the same
> region of code and if this patch is routed outside percpu tree it'd
> cause a conflict and I can't route this as lockless_dereference()
> isn't in the mainline yet.  Maybe expose a git branch which contaisn
> lockless_dereference() so that percpu can pull it in?
>

I do not have access to git hosting (except github, but I think that
is not acceptable). May be once the patches are final, I can send in a
version which you can put in a branch on kernel.org?

-- 
Pranith
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