linux-kernel - Re: [GIT PULL] RCU changes for v4.6

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Date:	Mon, 14 Mar 2016 15:28:02 -0700
From:	"Paul E. McKenney" <paulmck@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>
To:	Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>
Cc:	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...nel.org>,
	Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
	Peter Zijlstra <a.p.zijlstra@...llo.nl>,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
Subject: Re: [GIT PULL] RCU changes for v4.6

On Mon, Mar 14, 2016 at 03:12:19PM -0700, Linus Torvalds wrote:
> On Mon, Mar 14, 2016 at 3:55 AM, Ingo Molnar <mingo@...nel.org> wrote:
> >
> > (Note the somewhat larger .html/.htmlx files about RCU data structures - let us
> > know if you think they are over the top.)
> 
> I don't think they are over the top because they are *large*.
> 
> I don't want to pull them because they seem to be totally pointlessly
> *duplicate*,
> 
> I don't want to see the same stuff twice.
> 
> Either you do html, or you do htmlx. But in no case do you do *both*.
> 
> And quite franklty, since the only point of that seems to be the whole
> "quiz" thing, I erally think this should go away.
> 
> No more of these silly cute pictures, or cute html tricks with quizzes.
> 
> Do *documentation*, not games!
> 
> Not pulled.

OK, will rework.

							Thanx, Paul