On Wed, 6 May 2020 at 16:41, Will Deacon <w...@kernel.org> wrote: > > Hi Paul, > > Cheers for the quick reply! > > On Wed, May 06, 2020 at 07:36:16AM -0700, Paul E. McKenney wrote: > > On Wed, May 06, 2020 at 02:28:17PM +0100, Will Deacon wrote: > > > I'm looking to rebase my READ_ONCE() series [1] on top of the KCSAN > > > patches > > > so that we can get them in for 5.8. However, tip/locking/kcsan seems to be > > > missing some bits: > > > > > > * An update to checkpatch.pl to warn about missing comments for > > > data_race(): > > > > > > https://lore.kernel.org/r/20200401101714.44781-1-el...@google.com > > > > For some reason, I thought this was going up some other tree, but I do > > not see it in -next. So unless I hear otherwise, I will pull it into > > the v5.8 kcsan branch. > > Brill, thanks. > > > > * I'm unable to apply these two patches from Marco that are needed for > > > my READ_ONCE() work: > > > > > > https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/20200424154730.190041-1-el...@google.com/ > > > > > > I think these depend on stuff that has been queued by Paul, and > > > appears > > > in linux-next, but to be honest with you I'm quite confused about what > > > is queued for 5.8 and what isn't. > > > > This one is queued, but I currently have it in the v5.9 pile (but > > tentatively for v5.8). Unless Marco tells me otherwise, I will move it > > to the v5.8 branch, which will be part of my pull request next week. > > Great, then this would all show up on tip/locking/kscan, right? > > > > What's the best base for me to use? > > > > The -next tree has the latter, but not yet the former. > > That probably means -next is good enough for me to cook a new version of my > series, and then I can make a proper branch next week. > > > Hopefully we can get this straightened out, and please accept my apologies > > for the hassle! > > No need to apologise, I just couldn't figure out what was what and decided > it was easier to ask the experts ;)
Just confirming that I don't see any issues with the plan -- the patches that Will needs are good to go into the v5.8 branch. Thanks, -- Marco
