* Linus Torvalds <torvalds@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > On Sat, Apr 9, 2016 at 11:13 AM, Andi Kleen <ak@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > > Unfortunately perf decided to rename all x86 files, completely > > disregarding the needs for backports. > > So I agree that renaming tends to make backports nastier. Yeah, and unfortunately there's no other way to do such changes, and the directory structure of the x86 drivers of perf grew really badly structured so we had to fix it. In perf we go out on a limb to help backports, I regularly add Cc: stable tags. In this case we made the renames in a single go to not make backporting a constant drip-drip pain, and we made it all as plain as possible, the pattern is very visible in the shortlogs as well: 27f6d22b037b perf/x86: Move perf_event.h to its new home 65a27a3510c8 perf/x86: Move perf_event_msr.c .............. => x86/events/msr.c 5e865ed44b39 perf/x86: Move perf_event_p6.c ............... => x86/events/intel/p6.c f03e97dbd2bb perf/x86: Move perf_event_p4.c ............... => x86/events/intel/p4.c edbb591870dc perf/x86: Move perf_event_knc.c .............. => x86/events/intel/knc.c ed367e6ca427 perf/x86: Move perf_event_intel_uncore_snbep.c => x86/events/intel/uncore_snbep.c 92553e40c629 perf/x86: Move perf_event_intel_uncore_snb.c => x86/events/intel/uncore_snb.c 35bf705c25e8 perf/x86: Move perf_event_intel_uncore_nhmex.c => x86/events/intel/uncore_nmhex.c 6bcb2db547be perf/x86: Move perf_event_intel_uncore.[ch] .. => x86/events/intel/uncore.[ch] 609d809f832d perf/x86: Move perf_event_intel_rapl.c ....... => x86/events/intel/rapl.c fd1c601c2578 perf/x86: Move perf_event_intel_pt.[ch] ...... => x86/events/intel/pt.[ch] c85cc4497f82 perf/x86: Move perf_event_intel_lbr.c ........ => x86/events/intel/lbr.c 7010d129137a perf/x86: Move perf_event_intel_ds.c ......... => x86/events/intel/ds.c 6aec1ad73656 perf/x86: Move perf_event_intel_cstate.c ..... => x86/events/intel/cstate.c 5c781a3daa30 perf/x86: Move perf_event_intel_cqm.c ........ => x86/events/intel/cqm.c e1069839dd68 perf/x86: Move perf_event_intel.c ............ => x86/events/intel/core.c af5d3aabc04a perf/x86: Move perf_event_intel_bts.c ........ => x86/events/intel/bts.c d0af1c0525d5 perf/x86: Move perf_event_amd_uncore.c .... => x86/events/amd/uncore.c 5b26547dd7fa perf/x86: Move perf_event_amd_iommu.[ch] .. => x86/events/amd/iommu.[ch] 218cfe4ed888 perf/x86: Move perf_event_amd_ibs.c ....... => x86/events/amd/ibs.c 39b0332a2158 perf/x86: Move perf_event_amd.c ........... => x86/events/amd/core.c fa9cbf320e99 perf/x86: Move perf_event.c ............... => x86/events/core.c So the 'disregarding backports' accusation by Andi is unjust and plain nasty, and he should know it. Andi will remain in my /dev/null filter for a while longer. Thanks, Ingo -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe stable" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html