On Thu, 1 Mar 2018, Thomas Gleixner wrote: > On Thu, 1 Mar 2018, Linus Torvalds wrote: > > On Thu, Mar 1, 2018 at 8:33 AM, Thomas Gleixner <t...@linutronix.de> wrote: > > > > > > This really needs lot of testing, documentation updates and more input > > > from > > > userspace folks to make a final decision. > > > > Honestly, I don't think we'd get the testing this kind of change needs > > except by just trying it. > > > > I'm willing to merge this in the 4.17 merge window, with the > > understanding that if people end up reporting issues, we may just have > > to revert it all, and chalk it up to a learning experience - and add > > the appropriate commentary in the kernel code about exactly what it > > was that depended on that MONO/BOOT difference. > > Fair enough. So we maybe just merge the first two patches and merge the > cleanups and consolidation patches when we feel good enough. > > I surely can queue the whole lot in next, but from PTI the experience I > know how good the test coverage is. 4.14.stable would be the ideal testing > ground. /me runs fast and hides
That said, at least the people who are asking for that should provide testing results _before_ this gets applied or merged upstream. Thanks, tglx