From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1754487AbYADPFQ (ORCPT ); Fri, 4 Jan 2008 10:05:16 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1752329AbYADPFE (ORCPT ); Fri, 4 Jan 2008 10:05:04 -0500 Received: from mx2.suse.de ([195.135.220.15]:40343 "EHLO mx2.suse.de" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1752113AbYADPFD (ORCPT ); Fri, 4 Jan 2008 10:05:03 -0500 From: Andi Kleen Organization: SUSE Linux Products GmbH, Nuernberg, GF: Markus Rex, HRB 16746 (AG Nuernberg) To: "Pekka Enberg" Subject: Re: [PATCH x86] [12/16] Optimize lock prefix switching to run less frequently Date: Fri, 4 Jan 2008 16:04:57 +0100 User-Agent: KMail/1.9.6 Cc: "Thomas Gleixner" , LKML , "Ingo Molnar" , "Andrew Morton" References: <20080103442.621670000@suse.de> <200801041539.27370.ak@suse.de> <84144f020801040702x23469d69n8e3643221d38dfb0@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <84144f020801040702x23469d69n8e3643221d38dfb0@mail.gmail.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline Message-Id: <200801041604.57964.ak@suse.de> Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Friday 04 January 2008 16:02:37 Pekka Enberg wrote: > 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... I got several in and I don't remember anybody complaining about this before Ingo/Thomas. -Andi