Re: [PATCH 3/3] Code clean up for percpu_xxx() functions

[Alex,Shi]

On Wed, 2012-01-11 at 16:44 -0800, H. Peter Anvin wrote:
> On 01/11/2012 09:19 AM, tj@xxxxxxxxxx wrote:
> >
> > Alex, can you please collect all patches into a single patchset?
> > Please split it such that, usage changes are per-system so that they
> > can be routed through respective subsystems (x86 or net) and updates
> > to percpu proper which can be applied after other changes have been
> > applied.  It would probably be best to route these patches separately
> > rather than all through percpu as it touches a lot of different places
> > and is likely to cause conflicts.  I *think* the best way would be,
> >
> > * Submit per-subsystem patches and get them merged to subsystem trees.
> >
> > * (Optional) Apply a patch to mark unused interface deprecated in
> >    percpu tree, so that new usages in linux-next can be detected.
> >
> > * Towards the end of the next merge window, merge a patch to actually
> >    kill the old interface.
> >
> 
> That sounds like a good idea.

I will try to do so. Many thanks for the advices! 
> 
> 	-hpa


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