On Sat, 02 Feb 2008 14:32:41 +0100 Franck Bui-Huu <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Andrew Morton wrote: > > On Thu, 17 Jan 2008 21:47:38 +0100 > > Franck Bui-Huu <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > >> This patch moves rcu-protected lists from list.h into a new header > >> file rculist.h. > > > > I'm getting way too many compilation errors from this, perhaps because of > > new rcu-list usages which weren't present in the old tree (ie: current > > Linus mainline) which you tested it against. > > > > Not really suprising, sorry for the mess. > > > The most practical way to prepare a patch like this is to either make it > > back-compatible (for a while at least) or to prepare and carefully test it > > against latest -mm. That way you'll pick up everyone's new code. > > > > I'll try to come up with something better: if rculist helpers are used from > list.h then issue a warning otherwise every thing is fine since the helpers > are imported from rculist.h. > > Do you think it's better ? Could. I'd suggest that you redo the header-file split patch around the 2.6.25-rc1 timeframe, test it carefully then let's get it in then. > In the meanwhile, could you drop the patches related to rculist from mm > tree ? I have done so. -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
