linux-kernel - Re: provide more common DMA API functions V2

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Date:	Tue, 18 Aug 2015 09:51:07 +0200
From:	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...nel.org>
To:	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
Cc:	Christoph Hellwig <hch@....de>, arnd@...db.de,
	linux@....linux.org.uk, catalin.marinas@....com,
	will.deacon@....com, ysato@...rs.sourceforge.jp, monstr@...str.eu,
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	linux-s390@...r.kernel.org, linux-sh@...r.kernel.org,
	sparclinux@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: provide more common DMA API functions V2


* Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org> wrote:

> On Tue, 18 Aug 2015 07:38:25 +0200 Christoph Hellwig <hch@....de> wrote:
> 
> > On Mon, Aug 17, 2015 at 02:24:29PM -0700, Andrew Morton wrote:
> > > 110254 bytes saved, shrinking the kernel by a whopping 0.17%. 
> > > Thoughts?
> > 
> > Sounds fine to me.
> 
> OK, I'll clean it up a bit, check that each uninlining actually makes
> sense and then I'll see how it goes.
> 
> > > 
> > > I'll merge these 5 patches for 4.3.  That means I'll release them into
> > > linux-next after 4.2 is released.
> > 
> > So you only add for-4.3 code to -next after 4.2 is odd?  Isn't thast the
> > wrong way around?
> 
> Linus will be releasing 4.2 in 1-2 weeks and until then, linux-next is
> supposed to contain only 4.2 material.  Once 4.2 is released,
> linux-next is open for 4.3 material.

Isn't that off by one?

I.e. shouldn't this be:

> I'll merge these 5 patches for 4.4.  That means I'll release them into 
> linux-next after 4.2 is released.
>
> [...]
> 
> Linus will be releasing 4.2 in 1-2 weeks and until then, linux-next is supposed 
> to contain only 4.3 material.  Once 4.2 is released and the 4.3 merge window 
> opens, linux-next is open for 4.4 material.

?

Thanks,

	Ingo
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