linux-kernel - Re: rcu kernel-doc issues (4.14-rc1)

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Date:   Wed, 18 Oct 2017 10:03:40 -0600
From:   Jonathan Corbet <corbet@....net>
To:     "Paul E. McKenney" <paulmck@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>
Cc:     Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@...radead.org>,
        LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        "linux-doc@...r.kernel.org" <linux-doc@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: rcu kernel-doc issues (4.14-rc1)

On Mon, 16 Oct 2017 13:26:19 -0700
"Paul E. McKenney" <paulmck@...ux.vnet.ibm.com> wrote:

> OK, how about if I submit them to the 4.15 merge window, but add the
> appropriate -stable tags to get them backported?  Yes, these are bugs,
> but I cannot in good conscience claim that they are v4.14 regressions.
> 
> But if Jon agrees with you, I will of course create a patch series,
> pull request, or whatever and send it along to him.

[Sorry for being slow ... $EXCUSES ... ]

One could argue that they are indeed a regression; they introduced a bunch
of build errors into 4.14.  I think it would be better to see it fixed if
possible.  I don't care that much about how it gets there; Paul, I can
send it Linusward if you don't want to.

Thanks,

jon