Re: [PATCH] documentation: fix broken lkml archive links in RCU requirements

["Paul E. McKenney" <paulmck@linux.vnet.ibm.com>]

On Thu, Sep 15, 2016 at 09:18:28AM -0400, Steven Rostedt wrote:
> On Thu, 15 Sep 2016 14:17:06 +0200
> Michael Opdenacker <michael.opdenacker@free-electrons.com> wrote:
> 
> > Fix 4 LKML archive links that became broken
> > (issue with https://lkml.kernel.org/g/ redirection links)
> > 
> > Signed-off-by: Michael Opdenacker <michael.opdenacker@free-electrons.com>
> > ---
> >  Documentation/RCU/Design/Requirements/Requirements.html | 8 ++++----
> >  1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
> > 
> > diff --git a/Documentation/RCU/Design/Requirements/Requirements.html b/Documentation/RCU/Design/Requirements/Requirements.html
> > index ece410f40436..1c39a2362911 100644
> > --- a/Documentation/RCU/Design/Requirements/Requirements.html
> > +++ b/Documentation/RCU/Design/Requirements/Requirements.html
> > @@ -1527,7 +1527,7 @@ However, as I learned from Matt Mackall's
> >  <a href="http://elinux.org/Linux_Tiny-FAQ">bloatwatch</a>
> >  efforts, memory footprint is critically important on single-CPU systems with
> >  non-preemptible (<tt>CONFIG_PREEMPT=n</tt>) kernels, and thus
> > -<a href="https://lkml.kernel.org/g/20090113221724.GA15307@linux.vnet.ibm.com">tiny RCU</a>
> > +<a href="https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20090113221724.GA15307@linux.vnet.ibm.com">tiny RCU</a>
> >  was born.
> >  Josh Triplett has since taken over the small-memory banner with his
> >  <a href="https://tiny.wiki.kernel.org/">Linux kernel tinification</a>
> > @@ -1975,7 +1975,7 @@ guard against mishaps and misuse:
> >  	and cleaned up with <tt>destroy_rcu_head()</tt>.
> >  	Mathieu Desnoyers made me aware of this requirement, and also
> >  	supplied the needed
> > -	<a href="https://lkml.kernel.org/g/20100319013024.GA28456@Krystal">patch</a>.
> > +	<a href="https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20100319013024.GA28456@Krystal">patch</a>.
> >  <li>	An infinite loop in an RCU read-side critical section will
> >  	eventually trigger an RCU CPU stall warning splat, with
> >  	the duration of &ldquo;eventually&rdquo; being controlled by the
> > @@ -2088,7 +2088,7 @@ be hidden behind a <tt>CONFIG_RCU_EXPERT</tt> <tt>Kconfig</tt> option.
> >  <p>
> >  This all should be quite obvious, but the fact remains that
> >  Linus Torvalds recently had to
> > -<a href="https://lkml.kernel.org/g/CA+55aFy4wcCwaL4okTs8wXhGZ5h-ibecy_Meg9C4MNQrUnwMcg@mail.gmail.com">remind</a>
> > +<a href="https://lkml.kernel.org/r/CA+55aFy4wcCwaL4okTs8wXhGZ5h-ibecy_Meg9C4MNQrUnwMcg@mail.gmail.com">remind</a>
> >  me of this requirement.
> >  
> >  <h3><a name="Firmware Interface">Firmware Interface</a></h3>
> > @@ -2229,7 +2229,7 @@ Thankfully, RCU update-side primitives, including
> >  The name notwithstanding, some Linux-kernel architectures
> >  can have nested NMIs, which RCU must handle correctly.
> >  Andy Lutomirski
> > -<a href="https://lkml.kernel.org/g/CALCETrXLq1y7e_dKFPgou-FKHB6Pu-r8+t-6Ds+8=va7anBWDA@mail.gmail.com">surprised me</a>
> > +<a href="https://lkml.kernel.org/r/CALCETrXLq1y7e_dKFPgou-FKHB6Pu-r8+t-6Ds+8=va7anBWDA@mail.gmail.com">surprised me</a>
> >  with this requirement;
> >  he also kindly surprised me with
> >  <a href="https://lkml.kernel.org/g/CALCETrXSY9JpW3uE6H8WYk81sg56qasA2aqmjMPsq5dOtzso=g@mail.gmail.com">an algorithm</a>
> 
> Strange that this one still works. Anyway...
> 
> 
> Acked-by: Steven Rostedt <rostedt@goodmis.org>

So we are confident that these links won't be fixed by the next merge
window?

							Thanx, Paul