On Wed, 19 Aug 2015 10:08:14 +0200 Christoph Hellwig <hch@xxxxxx> wrote: > On Tue, Aug 18, 2015 at 09:51:07AM +0200, Ingo Molnar wrote: > > I.e. shouldn't this be: > > > > > I'll merge these 5 patches for 4.4. That means I'll release them into > > > linux-next after 4.2 is released. > > > > > > [...] > > > > > > Linus will be releasing 4.2 in 1-2 weeks and until then, linux-next is supposed > > > to contain only 4.3 material. Once 4.2 is released and the 4.3 merge window > > > opens, linux-next is open for 4.4 material. > > > > ? > > That would make a lot more sense. But also be said as I intended > these as the simple part of the dma work I'd like to get into 4.3. > > Andrew, if you think it's not 4.3 material I'd rather keep them in > my git tree for now so that I can stack additional patches I have > in progress on top. A non-git based tree like yours is unfortunately > very bad for patches that are dependencies for others. I think these will be OK for 4.3. It's all quiet so far and any problems will probably show up at compile time so they'll get fixed promptly.
