On Wed, 2012-01-11 at 16:44 -0800, H. Peter Anvin wrote: > On 01/11/2012 09:19 AM, t...@kernel.org wrote: > > > > Alex, can you please collect all patches into a single patchset? > > Please split it such that, usage changes are per-system so that they > > can be routed through respective subsystems (x86 or net) and updates > > to percpu proper which can be applied after other changes have been > > applied. It would probably be best to route these patches separately > > rather than all through percpu as it touches a lot of different places > > and is likely to cause conflicts. I *think* the best way would be, > > > > * Submit per-subsystem patches and get them merged to subsystem trees. > > > > * (Optional) Apply a patch to mark unused interface deprecated in > > percpu tree, so that new usages in linux-next can be detected. > > > > * Towards the end of the next merge window, merge a patch to actually > > kill the old interface. > > > > That sounds like a good idea.
I will try to do so. Many thanks for the advices! > > -hpa -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe kvm" in the body of a message to majord...@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
