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

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Date:	Tue, 15 Mar 2016 09:06:06 +0100
From:	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...nel.org>
To:	"Paul E. McKenney" <paulmck@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>
Cc:	Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.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


* Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@...ux.vnet.ibm.com> wrote:

> 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.

Meanwhile, to not hold up the other RCU changes, I've reconstructed core/rcu with 
the following branches:

    fixes.2015.02.23a: Miscellaneous fixes
    torture.2015.02.23a: Torture-test updates

i.e. the doc.2015.02.23a bits that need reworking are left out.

I'll send an updated pull request in a few minutes.

Thanks,

	Ingo