linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH -next 3/8] rcu/nocb: Remove unnecessary WakeOvfIsDeferred wake path

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Message-ID: <aWOUGC7RnAh6EhDX@tardis-2.local>
Date: Sun, 11 Jan 2026 20:14:16 +0800
From: Boqun Feng <boqun.feng@...il.com>
To: Joel Fernandes <joel@...lfernandes.org>
Cc: Frederic Weisbecker <frederic@...nel.org>,
	Joel Fernandes <joelagnelf@...dia.com>,
	Paul E McKenney <paulmck@...nel.org>, rcu@...r.kernel.org,
	Neeraj Upadhyay <neeraj.upadhyay@...nel.org>,
	Josh Triplett <josh@...htriplett.org>,
	Uladzislau Rezki <urezki@...il.com>,
	Steven Rostedt <rostedt@...dmis.org>,
	Mathieu Desnoyers <mathieu.desnoyers@...icios.com>,
	Lai Jiangshan <jiangshanlai@...il.com>,
	Zqiang <qiang.zhang@...ux.dev>, Shuah Khan <shuah@...nel.org>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-kselftest@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH -next 3/8] rcu/nocb: Remove unnecessary WakeOvfIsDeferred
 wake path

On Fri, Jan 09, 2026 at 06:20:20AM -0500, Joel Fernandes wrote:
> 
[...]
> >>> 
> >>> Reviewed-by: Frederic Weisbecker <frederic@...nel.org>
> >> 
> >> Ah true! Thanks, so the following hunk needs to be squashed into the patch
> >> then, with the review tag. Boqun, if you want to do that please do, or I can
> >> send it again for the next merge window.
> >> 
> > 
> > We still have time for this merge window, but I see there is still
> > reviewing going on for other patches, maybe you could resend these 3
> > patches once we reach agreement, and then we can decide which merge
> > window. Thoughts?
> 
> Yes, or let us drop these 3 for this merge window and since I am doing the next
> merge window, I will include these after agreement.  I have 3 more patches
> as well in this area coming up.
> 
> So I will re-send all of them together for nocb.
> 
> That will also make it easier for you and Frederic.
> 
> If by chance, we conclude review and agreement in time for this window, you could add them too, for now ok to drop nocb ones.
> 

Given that we still have some ongoing discussion on other nocb patches,
I dropped the 3 nocb patches for now, I think we can still have them if
we finalize next week. Thanks!

Regards,
Boqun