On Thu, Aug 1, 2013 at 12:42 PM, Or Gerlitz <ogerl...@mellanox.com> wrote: > I think its perfectly OK to expect a written answer from you on the iser > patches. Are you OK with merging them for 3.11 or they will have to wait for > 3.12? > > They bring in the benefit of avoiding bounce buffer when used over > ConnectX Virtual Functions or ConnectIB devices AND ONLY touch > iser code, so no risk to other kernel components.
OK, Roland, I see that you didn't pick this for 3.11, probably as you consider this non-fix, well the patches makes the initiator to avoid bounce buffer for IOs > 4K, which saves kernel memory and CPU - which I think can be considered a fix for the system behaviour. If you still don't agree, let it be, tough life... but you're the maintainer. So in that respect && taking into account 3.11-rc3 is already here, can you the door (== for-next branch) be opened right away (please) for 3.12 patches, specifically this series? its impossible to let kernel work towards a merge window be done only in the 1-2 weeks before the window open. E.g I'd like to know that the iser series is safe and ready to go from your POV, and f not fix what ever needs to be changed now and not in two months just a little before 3.11 is out, fair-enough? Or. Or. Or. -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-rdma" in the body of a message to majord...@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
