linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v2 00/28] module: Use RCU instead of RCU-sched.

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Message-ID: <2f95fe76-f309-45f2-8023-7793403ed85b@csgroup.eu>
Date: Thu, 2 Jan 2025 13:47:06 +0100
From: Christophe Leroy <christophe.leroy@...roup.eu>
To: Sebastian Andrzej Siewior <bigeasy@...utronix.de>,
 linux-modules@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Cc: Daniel Gomez <da.gomez@...sung.com>, Luis Chamberlain
 <mcgrof@...nel.org>, "Paul E . McKenney" <paulmck@...nel.org>,
 Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>, Petr Pavlu <petr.pavlu@...e.com>,
 Sami Tolvanen <samitolvanen@...gle.com>, Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 00/28] module: Use RCU instead of RCU-sched.

Hi Sebastian,

Le 20/12/2024 à 18:41, Sebastian Andrzej Siewior a écrit :
> Hi,
> 
> This is an updated version of the inital post after PeterZ made me aware
> that there are users outside of the module directory.
> The goal is replace the mix auf rcu_read_lock(), rcu_read_lock_sched()
> and preempt_disable() with just rcu_read_lock().
> 
> I've splitted it into smaller chunks which can be applied/ reviewed
> independently. I'm just not sure about the cfi patch (28/28) so I added
> just a comment instead.
> 
> v1…v2: https://eur01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Flore.kernel.org%2Fall%2F20241205215102.hRywUW2A%40linutronix.de%2F&data=05%7C02%7Cchristophe.leroy%40csgroup.eu%7Cbad0e7f9344a47371a0808dd211fdefd%7C8b87af7d86474dc78df45f69a2011bb5%7C0%7C0%7C638703142988931970%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJFbXB0eU1hcGkiOnRydWUsIlYiOiIwLjAuMDAwMCIsIlAiOiJXaW4zMiIsIkFOIjoiTWFpbCIsIldUIjoyfQ%3D%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7C&sdata=a%2FV5g5zRqceJWedAAZJ4zt6XJpZ0Yqm%2BqKPrsItuEXs%3D&reserved=0
>    - Splitted into smaller patches.
>    - Converted all users.
> 

How did you generate that cover letter ?

It should contain the full list of files modified by the series, so that 
I can see if any of them is of interest to me without going into each patch.

This is done automatically when you use 'git format-patch --cover-letter'.

Christophe