On Wed, 02 Jun 2010 22:29:11 +0200 Stefani Seibold <stefani@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > Am Mittwoch, den 02.06.2010, 13:19 -0700 schrieb > akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx: > > The patch titled > > kfifo: fix scatterlist usage > > has been added to the -mm tree. Its filename is > > kfifo-replace-the-old-non-generic-api-kfifo-fix-scatterlist-usage.patch > > > > Before you just go and hit "reply", please: > > a) Consider who else should be cc'ed > > b) Prefer to cc a suitable mailing list as well > > c) Ideally: find the original patch on the mailing list and do a > > reply-to-all to that, adding suitable additional cc's > > > > *** Remember to use Documentation/SubmitChecklist when testing your code *** > > > > See http://userweb.kernel.org/~akpm/stuff/added-to-mm.txt to find > > out what to do about this > > > > The current -mm tree may be found at http://userweb.kernel.org/~akpm/mmotm/ > > > > ------------------------------------------------------ > > Subject: kfifo: fix scatterlist usage > > From: Ira W. Snyder <kernel@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> > > > > The current kfifo scatterlist implementation will not work with chained > > scatterlists. It assumes that struct scatterlist arrays are allocated > > contiguously, which is not the case when chained scatterlists (struct > > sg_table) are in use. > > > > Why do you have added this? Because nobody reviewed the code. > No one had reviewed the code and no one gave > an ack. I am currently to busy to check this. And I don't have the bandwidth to track hundreds of maybe, maybe-not emails stretching over months of time. So generally I'll just apply the thing if it looks good so that I can keep track of it and so that it gets some testing. -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe mm-commits" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
