On Mon, Sep 17, 2012 at 10:31:24PM +0200, Geert Uytterhoeven wrote: > Hi Frederic, Paul, > > On Thu, Aug 23, 2012 at 11:50 PM, Frederic Weisbecker > <fweisbec@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > On Thu, Aug 23, 2012 at 10:23:22PM +0200, Geert Uytterhoeven wrote: > >> On Thu, Aug 23, 2012 at 1:02 PM, Frederic Weisbecker <fweisbec@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > >> > On Wed, Aug 22, 2012 at 07:18:04PM +0200, Geert Uytterhoeven wrote: > >> >> On Wed, Aug 22, 2012 at 6:23 PM, Frederic Weisbecker <fweisbec@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > >> >> > So this fixes some potential RCU stalls in a bunch of architectures. > >> >> > When rcu_idle_enter()/rcu_idle_exit() became a requirement, we forgot > >> >> > to handle the architectures that don't support CONFIG_NO_HZ. > >> >> > > >> >> > I guess the set should be dispatched into arch maintainer trees. > >> >> > >> >> I can take the m68k version, but are you sure you want it this way? > >> >> Each of them must be in mainline before they can enter stable. > >> > > >> > Yeah, I was thinking the right route is for these patches to be > >> > carried by arch maintainer who then push to Linus and then this goes > >> > to stable. > >> > > >> > Is that ok for you? > >> > > >> > Otherwise I can carry the patches myself. In a tree of my own, or > >> > Paul's or mmotm. As long as I have your ack. > >> > >> I applied your patch to the m68k for-3.6/for-linus branch. > >> I'll ask Linus to pull later in the rc cycle (right now I don't have > >> anything else > >> queued for 3.6). > >> Still, I think it's better to just collect acks and send it to Linus > >> in one shot, > >> so it can go into stable in one shot too. > > > > Sure I can do that if you prefer. > > What's the conclusion on this one? I saw it entered tip. I don't see it at tip/master, but perhaps I am looking at the wrong branch. > I still have it (as the only commit) on my for-3.6 branch, but I don't > think m68k > is important enough to be the only architecture to have this fix in 3.6 ;-) I got only two acks in addition to yours, plus one Tested-by. So, no, there does not appear to be a large groundswell of support for pushing this into 3.6. If it doesn't go in by some other path, I will be pushing it into 3.7. Thanx, Paul -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-alpha" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
