Re: [GIT PULL] percpu fixes for 2.6.31-rc8

[Tejun Heo]

Hello, Linus.

Linus Torvalds wrote:
> On Tue, 1 Sep 2009, Tejun Heo wrote:
>> Ummm... one question.  The above tree is on top of the previous
>> for-linus fixes tree.  It pulls in to the current #master alright but
>> it would still be a merge instead of a fast-forward.  Would it be
>> better to prep fixes tree on top of the current #master so that it
>> results in fast-forward?  If that's the case, please let me know or
>> just cherry pick the top commit.
> 
> No, I actually prefer people to avoid rebasing unless they have some real 
> reason for it. My pulls almost always end up being merges anyway, since I 
> pull from several people, so even if you were to have rebased, it would 
> _not_ have been a fast-forward for me, since I'd in the meantime have 
> pulled from others anyway.

Alright, thanks for the explanation.  Will do as advised.

-- 
tejun
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