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

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Date:   Tue, 18 Aug 2020 15:01:56 +0530
From:   Allen <allen.lkml@...il.com>
To:     Takashi Iwai <tiwai@...e.de>
Cc:     Allen Pais <allen.cryptic@...il.com>, perex@...ex.cz,
        tiwai@...e.com, clemens@...isch.de, o-takashi@...amocchi.jp,
        timur@...nel.org, nicoleotsuka@...il.com, Xiubo.Lee@...il.com,
        Kees Cook <keescook@...omium.org>, alsa-devel@...a-project.org,
        linuxppc-dev@...ts.ozlabs.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 00/10] sound: convert tasklets to use new tasklet_setup()

>
> 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.

 Sorry for having missed the detail. Will take care of it in the future.

>
> 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?

 The idea was to land the tree-wide changes as part of 5.9

>
> > > 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.

Sure, Thank you.

- Allen