linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v15 0/9] Add io{read|write}64 to io-64-atomic headers

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Date:   Thu, 05 Apr 2018 14:48:18 +1000
From:   Michael Ellerman <mpe@...erman.id.au>
To:     Logan Gunthorpe <logang@...tatee.com>,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-arch@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-ntb@...glegroups.com, linux-crypto@...r.kernel.org,
        Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
        akpm@...ux-foundation.org
Cc:     Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>,
        Andy Shevchenko <andy.shevchenko@...il.com>,
        Horia Geantă <horia.geanta@....com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v15 0/9] Add io{read|write}64 to io-64-atomic headers

Logan Gunthorpe <logang@...tatee.com> writes:
> On 4/4/2018 4:38 AM, Michael Ellerman wrote:
...
>> eg. It looks like I could take the two powerpc patches on their own for
>> 4.17, and then the rest could go via other trees?
>
> Yup! If you can take the powerpc patches I can keep trying to get the 
> rest in. They are largely independent and shouldn't really change 
> anything without the following patches.

OK, I'll take those then.

>> Is patch 1 stand alone?
>
> Essentially, yes, but patch 5 depends on it seeing it's changing the 
> same area and is trying to avoid creating the same kbuild warnings that 
> patch 1 suppresses.
>
>> The other option is to ask Andrew Morton to take it, as he often carries
>> these cross-tree type series.
>
> Thanks for the tip! I'll copy him when I repost it after the merge window.

Cool. If you want him to take it you should probably explicitly say so
when you repost.

cheers