From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1753764AbYADPCt (ORCPT ); Fri, 4 Jan 2008 10:02:49 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1752185AbYADPCj (ORCPT ); Fri, 4 Jan 2008 10:02:39 -0500 Received: from rv-out-0910.google.com ([209.85.198.185]:60383 "EHLO rv-out-0910.google.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1752035AbYADPCi (ORCPT ); Fri, 4 Jan 2008 10:02:38 -0500 DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=message-id:date:from:sender:to:subject:cc:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type:content-transfer-encoding:content-disposition:references:x-google-sender-auth; b=CSDFK6HCjfdg7x/S3fyJRp4lkuLRemzFrizFdu+ufJIv/T2u1mEW+Pg9L3LfFedrbVt/2pVI+Nb/BjI/9wK0MNpDzi1H+814IFAUXAa0z0qtIdc/hFGA+JKrhfpmgGJ8tY8HzdeLDn1ba1cQeetrs2tH092swYqxso6QbD2Gs0k= Message-ID: <84144f020801040702x23469d69n8e3643221d38dfb0@mail.gmail.com> Date: Fri, 4 Jan 2008 17:02:37 +0200 From: "Pekka Enberg" To: "Andi Kleen" Subject: Re: [PATCH x86] [12/16] Optimize lock prefix switching to run less frequently Cc: "Thomas Gleixner" , LKML , "Ingo Molnar" , "Andrew Morton" In-Reply-To: <200801041539.27370.ak@suse.de> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline References: <20080103442.621670000@suse.de> <200801041317.30404.ak@suse.de> <200801041539.27370.ak@suse.de> X-Google-Sender-Auth: 5d16db3c565a77e1 Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Hi Andi, On Jan 4, 2008 4:39 PM, Andi Kleen wrote: > > The kernel process request that _all_ contributors run their patches > > through checkpath.pl and fix the problems. > > That's new. When and by whom was that rule been introduced? And with what > rationale? Not be new to anyone trying to sneak a patch past Andrew for the past few months...