Re: [RFC GIT PULL rcu/next] RCU/hotplug fix

From: Ingo Molnar
Date: Thu Aug 24 2017 - 03:53:30 EST



* Jeffrey Hugo <jhugo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> > > This commit has been exposed to 0day test robot and -next testing
> > > and is available in the git repository at:
> > >
> > > git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/paulmck/linux-rcu.git for-mingo
> > >
> > > for you to fetch changes up to a58163d8ca2c8d288ee9f95989712f98473a5ac2:
> > >
> > > rcu: Migrate callbacks earlier in the CPU-offline timeline (2017-07-25 13:03:43 -0700)
> > >
> > > ----------------------------------------------------------------
> > > Paul E. McKenney (1):
> > > rcu: Migrate callbacks earlier in the CPU-offline timeline
> > >
> > > include/linux/rcupdate.h | 1 +
> > > kernel/cpu.c | 1 +
> > > kernel/rcu/tree.c | 209 +++++++++++++++++++++++++----------------------
> > > 3 files changed, 115 insertions(+), 96 deletions(-)
> >
> > Pulled, thanks Paul!
> >
> > Ingo
> >
>
> Ingo,
>
> We've been keeping an eye on this fix, so I'm trying to ascertain it's status.
> For my information, is this expected to hit Linus' tree in 4.13, or wait until
> the 4.14 merge window?

It's for v4.14, it's a pretty large (and thus risky) commit that came in
relatively late. If it's problem-free it can be sent to -stable.

If Paul insists I can try and send it to Linus, but it's getting fairly late
in the cycle.

Thanks,

Ingo