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Date: Mon, 16 Mar 2015 16:38:09 +0200 From: Alex Dowad <alexinbeijing@...il.com> To: James Hogan <james.hogan@...tec.com> CC: linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-metag@...r.kernel.org Subject: Re: [PATCHv2 16/32] metag: copy_thread(): rename 'arg' argument to 'kthread_arg' On 16/03/15 16:31, James Hogan wrote: > Hi Alex, > > On 16/03/15 13:13, Alex Dowad wrote: >> The 'arg' argument to copy_thread() is only ever used when forking a new >> kernel thread. Hence, rename it to 'kthread_arg' for clarity. >> >> Signed-off-by: Alex Dowad <alexinbeijing@...il.com> >> --- >> >> James Hogan, >> >> Thanks for reviewing this patch. The comment has been updated as you suggested. >> >> You said: "I'll assume you plan to get all these patches merged together rather than >> via individual arch trees..." The truth is that I am as green as green can be and have >> no idea how I plan to get these patches merged. I was just reading the Linux source and >> saw what looked like an opportunity to make the code a tiny bit easier to read. If you >> have any suggestions on how to proceed, please let me know. > I guess there are 3 main paths: > 1) Ask individual arch maintainers to apply the patches if possible, > since it doesn't have dependencies on other patches you're submitting. > 2) Gather acks from maintainers for the remaining patches and ask Andrew > Morton or another relevant maintainer to apply them (Andrew often picks > up misc patches like this I believe). > 3) Or gather acks for remaining patches and send a pull request to Linus > yourself during the next merge window. > > > Btw, the whitespace seems to be corrupted here, so the patch won't apply: Grrr. Sending again. Thanks for the pointers on merge workflow. I doubt that I will get the attention of each and every arch maintainer, but let's see what will happen. Thanks again. > >> - /* Set D1Ar1=arg and D1RtP=usp (fn) */ > ^^^ currently this is indented with tabs not spaces > >> + /* Set D1Ar1=kthread_arg and D1RtP=usp (fn) */ > ^^^ and this has a space before a tab > > Cheers > James -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@...r.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
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