linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 0/3] sched/locking/doc: Miscellaneous fixes

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Date:   Fri, 6 Jul 2018 12:36:11 +0200
From:   Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>
To:     Andrea Parri <andrea.parri@...rulasolutions.com>
Cc:     linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-doc@...r.kernel.org,
        Ingo Molnar <mingo@...hat.com>,
        Will Deacon <will.deacon@....com>,
        Alan Stern <stern@...land.harvard.edu>,
        Boqun Feng <boqun.feng@...il.com>,
        Nicholas Piggin <npiggin@...il.com>,
        David Howells <dhowells@...hat.com>,
        Jade Alglave <j.alglave@....ac.uk>,
        Luc Maranget <luc.maranget@...ia.fr>,
        "Paul E . McKenney" <paulmck@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>,
        Akira Yokosawa <akiyks@...il.com>,
        Daniel Lustig <dlustig@...dia.com>,
        Jonathan Corbet <corbet@....net>,
        Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@...radead.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 0/3] sched/locking/doc: Miscellaneous fixes

On Fri, Jul 06, 2018 at 12:28:12AM +0200, Andrea Parri wrote:
> What is the plan for this series?
> 
> We are currently discussing locking changes that might affect 2/3, but
> I'd still consider this patch and the overall series as an improvement
> over the current status (1/3 is a fix to the code) and I'd really like
> future changes to be based on this series...
> 
> I expected this series to go via "-rcu -> tip -> ..."; 2/3 had Peter's
> Ack, but 1/3 and 3/3 are missing any comments (or tags): please let me
> know if any action on the series is required from me (the series still
> applies on the latest "dev" branch of -rcu).

You can add my ack:

Acked-by: Peter Zijlstra (Intel) <peterz@...radead.org>

to the others as well, they look like a definite improvement. I'm fine
with these going through Paul's tree, Ingo?