linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 00/10] sound: convert tasklets to use new tasklet

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Date:   Mon, 17 Aug 2020 11:43:25 +0200
From:   Takashi Iwai <tiwai@...e.de>
To:     Allen Pais <allen.cryptic@...il.com>
Cc:     perex@...ex.cz, tiwai@...e.com, clemens@...isch.de,
        o-takashi@...amocchi.jp, timur@...nel.org, nicoleotsuka@...il.com,
        Xiubo.Lee@...il.com, keescook@...omium.org,
        alsa-devel@...a-project.org, linuxppc-dev@...ts.ozlabs.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, Allen Pais <allen.lkml@...il.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 00/10] sound: convert tasklets to use new tasklet_setup()

On Mon, 17 Aug 2020 11:18:53 +0200,
Allen Pais wrote:
> 
> >
> > Is this targeted for 5.9 or 5.10?
> 
> This is targeted for 5.9.

Well, then at the next time, please mention it explicitly in the cover
letter.  Usually this kind of API conversion isn't done during rc.  Or
it's done systematically via script or such.  So unless mentioned,
it's not expected to be carried to 5.9.

In anyway, if the final purpose is to drop the old tasklet API and
that's the plan for 5.9, all tree-wide changes have to be done in
5.9 beforehand.  Was that the decision?

> > I have a patch set to drop the whole tasklet usage in sound/*
> > (destined for 5.10, to be submitted soon), so if that's for 5.10,
> > it'll be likely superfluous.
> 
>  I have picked patches from your tree to adapt to this new API.
> Those can be picked in 5.10 I suppose.

Adapting the changes are trivial, don't worry.  It was just a question
of how to organize changes.

thanks,

Takashi