linux-kernel - Re: [GIT PULL] workqueue changes for v4.2-rc1

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Message-ID: <20150627080928.GA4783@gmail.com>
Date:	Sat, 27 Jun 2015 10:09:28 +0200
From:	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...nel.org>
To:	Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>
Cc:	Tejun Heo <tj@...nel.org>,
	Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Lai Jiangshan <laijs@...fujitsu.com>,
	"Paul E. McKenney" <paulmck@...ibm.com>,
	Peter Zijlstra <a.p.zijlstra@...llo.nl>
Subject: Re: [GIT PULL] workqueue changes for v4.2-rc1


* Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org> wrote:

> On Fri, Jun 26, 2015 at 9:01 AM, Tejun Heo <tj@...nel.org> wrote:
> >
> > Ooh, it isn't in mainline yet but pulling rcu tree will cause a silent
> > conflict with this pull request which leads to build failure.
> 
> I tend to try to do a full "make allmodconfig" build between all pull
> requests (although I can optimize that a bit for very targeted pull
> requests), so hopefully I'll notice and remember your note.
> 
> But just in case:
> 
> > The two colliding commits are.
> >
> >  5b95e1af8d17 ("workqueue: wq_pool_mutex protects the attrs-installation")
> >  eeacf8982637 ("rcu: Rename rcu_lockdep_assert() to RCU_LOCKDEP_WARN()")
> >
> > The former adds rcu_lockdep_assert() usage and the latter renames and flips 
> > it.  It can be resolved by renaming and negating the conditions in the new 
> > usage.
> 
> it would be great if when I get the RCU pull request that introduces that 
> renaming, whoever sends it to me could remind me about it.
> 
> I'm assuming the pull request will come through Ingo. Ingo?

Yeah.

There was some discussion about how to warn about RCU failures precisely, so I 
think Paul yanked the new style RCU warnings for the time being. When/if they
come back I'll be careful and will remind you of semantic conflicts.

Thanks,

	Ingo
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