Re: [PATCH 0/8] PID allocation IDR implementation

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On 07/14/2017 08:51 AM, Gargi Sharma wrote:
> On Fri, Jul 14, 2017 at 4:52 PM, Greg KH <gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>> On Fri, Jul 14, 2017 at 09:03:08AM +0530, Gargi Sharma wrote:
>>> This patchset contains patches for PID allocation. Individual patches
>>> in the series break the kernel. But once, the patchset is applied, the
>>> kernel compiles. We have to figure out whether to send this as one whole patch
>>> or if to send in a series, how to break the patches so that it does not break
>>> the kernel.
>>>
>>> Rik proposed to ways to test the changes made:
>>> - Create a fork, if the child's pid is greater than the parent's pid,
>>>   we can see that the allocation is done correctly.
>>> - Create several containers inside a Docker and see how PID allocation is
>>>   being done since every container should have a separate PID namespace.
>>>
>>> I'm yet to figure out how to go about doing these tests.
>>>
>>> I also wanted to know if there would be a way to figure out if PID operations
>>> are now actually faster or not. ANy recommendations on how to go about doing
>>> this?
>>
>> Why did you send this to linux-usb@vger?  How does it relate to the
>> kernel's USB subsystem?
> 
> I used this command from the Linux Kernel Newbies:
> git format-patch -o /tmp/ --cover-letter -n --thread=shallow
> --cc="linux-usb@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx" 3b12c21^..b7ca36a
> 
> and forgot to remove the cc from linux-usb.
> 
> Really sorry.

and forgot to add linux-kernel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx ?

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