Re: [PATCH 0/2] sched/cputime: Deltas for "replace VTIME_GEN irq time code with IRQ_TIME_ACCOUNTING code"

[Frederic Weisbecker <fweisbec@gmail.com>]

On Fri, Jul 08, 2016 at 02:21:17PM +0200, Ingo Molnar wrote:
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> * Frederic Weisbecker <fweisbec@gmail.com> wrote:
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> > On Fri, Jul 08, 2016 at 02:03:03PM +0200, Ingo Molnar wrote:
> > > 
> > > * Frederic Weisbecker <fweisbec@gmail.com> wrote:
> > > 
> > > > On Fri, Jul 08, 2016 at 09:30:46AM +0200, Ingo Molnar wrote:
> > > > > 
> > > > > * Rik van Riel <riel@redhat.com> wrote:
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> > > > > > On Thu, 2016-07-07 at 16:27 +0200, Frederic Weisbecker wrote:
> > > > > > > Hi Rick,
> > > > > > > 
> > > > > > > While reviewing your 2nd patch, I thought about these cleanups.
> > > > > > > Perhaps
> > > > > > > the first one could be merged into your patch. I let you decide.
> > > > > > 
> > > > > > I'm not convinced we want to merge cleanups and functional
> > > > > > changes into the same patch, given how convoluted the code
> > > > > > is/was.
> > > > > > 
> > > > > > Both of your patches look good though.
> > > > > > 
> > > > > > What tree should they go in through?
> > > > > 
> > > > > -tip I suspect. So my plan was the following, this series of yours:
> > > > > 
> > > > >   [PATCH v3 0/4] sched,time: fix irq time accounting with nohz_idle
> > > > > 
> > > > > ... looked almost ready, it looked like as if I could merge v4 once you sent it.
> > > > > 
> > > > > Plus Frederic submitted these two cleanups - looks like I could merge these on top 
> > > > > of your series and have them close to each other in the Git space.
> > > > > 
> > > > > And I do agree that we should keep these cleanups separate and not merge them into 
> > > > > patches that change functionality.
> > > > > 
> > > > > If your series is expected to be risky then we could make things easier to handle 
> > > > > later on if we switched around things and first made low-risk cleanups and then 
> > > > > any changes/fixes on top - do you think that's necessary in this case?
> > > > 
> > > > I personally think that none of this is low-risk material. Perhaps we can gather 
> > > > the whole in the same tree? I can resend the series proper with my patches 
> > > > inside if you like. And I have yet to review the last patch of the series.
> > > 
> > > Sure, we can do it like that, for tip:timers/nohz.
> > 
> > Ok, I'll base it on tip:sched/core, right?
> 
> Only if there's conflicts or dependencies - otherwise please use v4.7-rc6 as a 
> base.

Ah so it can be a standalone branch, good point, thanks!