linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] ftrace: As disabling interrupts is costly and write_lock variant of tasklist_lock is not held from interrupt context it is not necessary to disable interrupts.

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Message-ID: <20160519095744.3b61d3f4@gandalf.local.home>
Date:	Thu, 19 May 2016 09:57:44 -0400
From:	Steven Rostedt <rostedt@...dmis.org>
To:	"N, Soumya P" <soumya.p.n@....com>
Cc:	"mingo@...hat.com" <mingo@...hat.com>,
	"linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] ftrace: As disabling interrupts is costly and
 write_lock variant of tasklist_lock is not held from interrupt context it
 is not necessary to disable interrupts.

On Thu, 19 May 2016 13:49:16 +0000
"N, Soumya P" <soumya.p.n@....com> wrote:

> Hi Steve,
> 
> Thanks for the explanation.
> I will take care of your comments and send v2 of the same patch.
> 

I'll also note that in our forum (LKML), we do not do "top posting".

We practice "inline replying" and "trimming". See

  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Posting_style

-- Steve