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McKenney" To: Joel Fernandes Cc: LKML , Jonathan Corbet , Josh Triplett , Lai Jiangshan , linux-doc@vger.kernel.org, Mathieu Desnoyers , Steven Rostedt Subject: Re: [PATCH RFC] Documentation: RCU: Clarify comment about fanout Reply-To: paulmck@linux.ibm.com References: <20180921223153.114728-1-joel@joelfernandes.org> <20180922011428.GU4222@linux.ibm.com> <20180922134616.GX4222@linux.ibm.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.21 (2010-09-15) X-TM-AS-GCONF: 00 x-cbid: 18092300-0068-0000-0000-000003409FC4 X-IBM-SpamModules-Scores: X-IBM-SpamModules-Versions: BY=3.00009754; HX=3.00000242; KW=3.00000007; PH=3.00000004; SC=3.00000266; SDB=6.01092247; UDB=6.00564422; IPR=6.00872271; MB=3.00023459; MTD=3.00000008; XFM=3.00000015; UTC=2018-09-23 00:41:17 X-IBM-AV-DETECTION: SAVI=unused REMOTE=unused XFE=unused x-cbparentid: 18092300-0069-0000-0000-000045D38DFB Message-Id: <20180923004113.GL4222@linux.ibm.com> X-Proofpoint-Virus-Version: vendor=fsecure engine=2.50.10434:,, definitions=2018-09-22_16:,, signatures=0 X-Proofpoint-Spam-Details: rule=outbound_notspam policy=outbound score=0 priorityscore=1501 malwarescore=0 suspectscore=0 phishscore=0 bulkscore=0 spamscore=0 clxscore=1015 lowpriorityscore=0 mlxscore=0 impostorscore=0 mlxlogscore=999 adultscore=0 classifier=spam adjust=0 reason=mlx scancount=1 engine=8.0.1-1807170000 definitions=main-1809230006 Sender: linux-doc-owner@vger.kernel.org Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-doc@vger.kernel.org On Sat, Sep 22, 2018 at 07:38:05PM -0400, Joel Fernandes wrote: > On Sat, Sep 22, 2018 at 9:46 AM Paul E. McKenney wrote: > [...] > > > I have a few more as well, I'll send them out soon. > > > > I do have on my list to update this document based on the changes in > > -rcu, which among other things eliminate the rcu_dynticks structure > > and make it so there is only one rcu_state structure in a given > > running system. > > > > If you are crazy enough to want to make the corresponding changes, > > I would welcome the patches (and would be happy to help with editing, > > grammar, and soforth. The potential advantage to you is familiarlzation > > with the new version of the code. > > > > This is not a small amount of work, so please give it some thought > > before saying "yes". (In contrast, I would of course understand and > > respect an immediate "no".) > > I thought about this and I'd be happy to do it as long as you don't > mind me asking questions about parts I don't understand (which > shouldn't be a problem from my past experience ;-)). I am spending > time understanding the code anyway so I'd rather update the main > documentation than my own notes for the benefit of everyone ;-) As you > said, it'll help familiarization of the code. Btw I got rid of those > extra rcu_state externs too, I'll send that patch out today and > continue working on things next week... If you continue to find and fix issues like your three most recent patches, I really cannot complain about a few questions, now can I? ;-) So please keep both the patches and questions coming! Thanx, Paul