linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 00/89] Major reorganization of <linux/sched.h>

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Message-ID: <20170207080819.GT6500@twins.programming.kicks-ass.net>
Date:   Tue, 7 Feb 2017 09:08:19 +0100
From:   Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>
To:     Ingo Molnar <mingo@...nel.org>
Cc:     Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>,
        Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
        Mike Galbraith <efault@....de>,
        Oleg Nesterov <oleg@...hat.com>,
        Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 00/89] Major reorganization of <linux/sched.h>

On Mon, Feb 06, 2017 at 11:13:59PM +0100, Ingo Molnar wrote:
> * Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org> wrote:

> > There were all those small things in there (Peter pointed out those cpumask 
> > things I wouldn't for the life of me have noticed) that were really subtle, and 
> > were really hidden by the fact that there was just a lot of non-semantic 
> > changes.
> 
> I think the ->cpus_allowed bugs Peter noticed are pre-existing - that patch 
> doesn't intend to make any semantic changes.

Correct, those are pre-existing, just noticed then (again) because the
changes made me look at the code.