On Sat, Sep 22, 2018 at 07:38:05PM -0400, Joel Fernandes wrote: > On Sat, Sep 22, 2018 at 9:46 AM Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > [...] > > > I have a few more as well, I'll send them out soon. > > > > I do have on my list to update this document based on the changes in > > -rcu, which among other things eliminate the rcu_dynticks structure > > and make it so there is only one rcu_state structure in a given > > running system. > > > > If you are crazy enough to want to make the corresponding changes, > > I would welcome the patches (and would be happy to help with editing, > > grammar, and soforth. The potential advantage to you is familiarlzation > > with the new version of the code. > > > > This is not a small amount of work, so please give it some thought > > before saying "yes". (In contrast, I would of course understand and > > respect an immediate "no".) > > I thought about this and I'd be happy to do it as long as you don't > mind me asking questions about parts I don't understand (which > shouldn't be a problem from my past experience ;-)). I am spending > time understanding the code anyway so I'd rather update the main > documentation than my own notes for the benefit of everyone ;-) As you > said, it'll help familiarization of the code. Btw I got rid of those > extra rcu_state externs too, I'll send that patch out today and > continue working on things next week... If you continue to find and fix issues like your three most recent patches, I really cannot complain about a few questions, now can I? ;-) So please keep both the patches and questions coming! Thanx, Paul
