From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S263173AbUEEHP2 (ORCPT ); Wed, 5 May 2004 03:15:28 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S263568AbUEEHP1 (ORCPT ); Wed, 5 May 2004 03:15:27 -0400 Received: from fw.osdl.org ([65.172.181.6]:10187 "EHLO mail.osdl.org") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S263173AbUEEHPZ (ORCPT ); Wed, 5 May 2004 03:15:25 -0400 Date: Wed, 5 May 2004 00:14:25 -0700 From: Andrew Morton To: Paul Jackson Cc: ashok.raj@intel.com, davidm@hpl.hp.com, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, anil.s.keshavamurthy@intel.com, jreiser@BitWagon.com, mike@navi.cx, pageexec@freemail.hu, colpatch@us.ibm.com, wli@holomorphy.com, rusty@rustcorp.com.au, nickpiggin@yahoo.com.au Subject: Re: various cpu patches [was: (resend) take3: Updated CPU Hotplug patches] Message-Id: <20040505001425.6d4e8562.akpm@osdl.org> In-Reply-To: <20040505000348.018f88bb.pj@sgi.com> References: <20040504211755.A13286@unix-os.sc.intel.com> <20040504225907.6c2fe459.akpm@osdl.org> <20040505000348.018f88bb.pj@sgi.com> X-Mailer: Sylpheed version 0.9.7 (GTK+ 1.2.10; i386-redhat-linux-gnu) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Paul Jackson wrote: > > Hmmm .. we're getting backed up here. Sure glad Andrew's got the job of > conducting this, not me ... > > The purpose of this message is to list several patches that are > interacting, and the order that I'm guessing Andrew will end up taking > them. I claim no authority, and at best very limited forecasting > ability. I try to keep patches in the expected merge-up order. The patching order is in the series file - see the `patch-series' symlink in the kerne.org directory. > This is just to put a source of possible confusions on the table, > by running it up the flagpole, and inviting the shooting to begin. > > The following patches are colliding or interacting, listed in the order > that I'm guessing they will end up going into *-mm, and with my guess of > their current status: > > 1. Nick Piggin's sched_domains patches (in *-mm now) > 2. Ashok Raj's CPU Hotplug patches for IA64 (sent back to author for repair) > 3. Paul Jackson's bitmap/cpumask cleanup (in my workarea ready to submit) > 4. John Reiser's bssprot (unrelated, except for ia64 friendly fire damage) > 5. Matthew Dobson's nodemask_t (in Matthew's workarea, ready to submit) > 6. Andi Kleen's numa placement (being reviewed now, I think) Planned for shortly after 2.6.6 are: sched-domains rmap 7-14 (15-23 probably a week later) numa api > Actually, bssprot is independent, once it resolves some ia64 issue, and > the last two (nodemask and numa) are sufficiently independent to go > in parallel or reverse order. I dropped bssprot - it was causing too much grief. > If you _wanted_, Andrew, to add to your current patch load, I'd be > delighted to submit my final bitmap/cpumask cleanup now - I'm just > guessing that you will politely ignore my offer. I confess to being vaguely stunned that it is possible to generate a ~20 patch series againt the bitmap code. I'll pay more attention next time it flies past.