linux-next requiements (Was: Re: [tip:x86/ptrace] ptrace: Addsupport for generic PTRACE_GETREGSET/PTRACE_SETREGSET)

From: Stephen Rothwell
Date: Mon Feb 22 2010 - 04:33:38 EST


Hi Ingo,

On Mon, 22 Feb 2010 10:07:10 +0100 Ingo Molnar <mingo@xxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> I'll keep them in tip:master to get them tested, but note that i cannot push
> any of these patches into linux-next until this is fixed, as linux-next
> requires all architectures to build, with no regard to which architectures are
> tested by kernel testers in practice.

I merely expect people not to push known broken code into linux-next.
linux-next breaks on all sorts of architectures all the time (check
http://kisskb.ellerman.id.au/kisskb/branch/9/). One of the reasons
linux-next exists is so that all kernel developers don't have to build
test on all architectures all the time. (And, yes, I know that linux-next
doesn't build all architectures or all configs.)

That being said, I will complain about breakages on some architectures
more than others since they are in my personal builds (as opposed to the
over night builds).

That being said (:-)), I am sure that the PARISC guys would appreciate
the original problem being fixed.
--
Cheers,
Stephen Rothwell sfr@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
http://www.canb.auug.org.au/~sfr/

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