linux-kernel - Re: [RFC][PATCH v2 04/31] timers: block: Use del_timer

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Date:   Fri, 28 Oct 2022 06:24:14 -0400
From:   Steven Rostedt <rostedt@...dmis.org>
To:     Christoph Hellwig <hch@...radead.org>
Cc:     linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>,
        Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
        Stephen Boyd <sboyd@...nel.org>,
        Guenter Roeck <linux@...ck-us.net>,
        Philipp Reisner <philipp.reisner@...bit.com>,
        Lars Ellenberg <lars.ellenberg@...bit.com>,
        Christoph Böhmwalder 
        <christoph.boehmwalder@...bit.com>, Jens Axboe <axboe@...nel.dk>,
        drbd-dev@...ts.linbit.com, Tejun Heo <tj@...nel.org>,
        cgroups@...r.kernel.org, linux-block@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [RFC][PATCH v2 04/31] timers: block: Use del_timer_shutdown()
 before freeing timer

On Fri, 28 Oct 2022 01:26:03 -0700
Christoph Hellwig <hch@...radead.org> wrote:

> This is just a single patch out of apparently 31, which claims that
> something that doesn't even exist in mainline must be used without any
> explanation.  How do you expect anyone to be able to review it?

  https://lore.kernel.org/all/20221027150525.753064657@goodmis.org/

Only the first patch is relevant to you. I guess the Cc list would have
been too big to Cc everyone that was Cc'd in the series.

It not being in mainline is the reason I marked it RFC. As it's more of an
FYI than a pull it in request.

-- Steve