linux-kernel - Re: [GIT pull] locking fix for 4.9

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Date:   Wed, 12 Oct 2016 20:10:57 -0400
From:   Steven Rostedt <rostedt@...dmis.org>
To:     Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>
Cc:     Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
        LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
        Ingo Molnar <mingo@...nel.org>,
        "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>
Subject: Re: [GIT pull] locking fix for 4.9

On Wed, 12 Oct 2016 10:22:59 -0700
Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org> wrote:

> On Wed, Oct 12, 2016 at 1:28 AM, Steven Rostedt <rostedt@...dmis.org> wrote:
> >
> > But I agree. We have lived a long time without the need for this
> > warning. I'm not strongly advocating keeping the warning around and
> > just disabling it totally. But it all comes down to how much we
> > trust those that inherit this after we are gone ;-)  
> 
> I'll take that as an ack for just moving it back to being globally
> disabled, and will do a commit doing that.
> 

Fine with me:

Acked-by: Steven Rostedt <rostedt@...dmis.org>

-- Steve