linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 03/17] bit_spinlock: Prepare for split

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Date:   Fri, 9 Apr 2021 10:55:24 -0400
From:   "Theodore Ts'o" <tytso@....edu>
To:     Matthew Wilcox <willy@...radead.org>
Cc:     neilb@...e.de, peterz@...radead.org, mingo@...hat.com,
        will@...nel.org, longman@...hat.com, boqun.feng@...il.com,
        tglx@...utronix.de, bigeasy@...utronix.de,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 03/17] bit_spinlock: Prepare for split_locks

On Fri, Apr 09, 2021 at 03:35:55PM +0100, Matthew Wilcox wrote:
> > This changes the function signature for bit_spin_lock(), if I'm
> > reading this correctly.  Hence, this is going to break git
> > bisectability; was this patch series separated out for easy of review,
> > and you were planning on collapsing things into a single patch to
> > preserve bisectability?
> 
> It's perfectly bisectable.
> 
> Before: bit_spin_lock takes two arguments
> During: bit_spin_lock takes at least two arguments, ignores all but the first two
> After: bit_spin_lock takes three arguments

Ah, got it, thanks for the clarification!

					- Ted