linux-kernel - Re: Upcoming nolibc pull request for the next merge window

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Message-ID: <2c54d017-226e-41c3-a767-a607942ecba5@paulmck-laptop>
Date:   Fri, 21 Jul 2023 21:48:37 -0700
From:   "Paul E. McKenney" <paulmck@...nel.org>
To:     Stephen Rothwell <sfr@...b.auug.org.au>
Cc:     Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>,
        Willy Tarreau <w@....eu>,
        Shuah Khan <skhan@...uxfoundation.org>,
        Thomas Weißschuh <thomas@...ch.de>,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: Upcoming nolibc pull request for the next merge window

On Sat, Jul 22, 2023 at 01:01:20PM +1000, Stephen Rothwell wrote:
> Hi Paul,
> 
> On Fri, 21 Jul 2023 10:39:48 -0700 "Paul E. McKenney" <paulmck@...nel.org> wrote:
> >
> > This is just to let you know that Willy and I are adding co-maintainers
> > for nolibc.  Shuah Khan will join me as administrative maintainer,
> > and will be sending the pull request to you for the next merge window.
> > 
> > Similarly, Thomas Weißschuh will be joining Willy as technical maintainer
> > for nolibc.  With luck, this won't affect you, but in case you come across
> > a nolibc issue, please reach out to Thomas as well as Willy, Shuah,
> > and myself.  There will of course be an update to the MAINTAINERS file
> > in the near future, but just to let you know in the meantime.
> 
> Would it make sense to add a separate nolibc branch to linux-next (and
> no longer merge it into the rcu branch?  Or are there dependencies
> between the two?

Dependencies between nolibc and RCU are extremely rare, so it might well
make sense to have a separate branch.

Maybe nolibc/next from either the -rcu tree or Shuah's tree?  Shuah,
would something else work better for you?

							Thanx, Paul