From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Tejun Heo Subject: Re: Can you please pull percpu#for-next into linux-next? Date: Fri, 19 Jun 2009 12:44:28 +0900 Message-ID: <4A3B099C.7090406@kernel.org> References: <4A3AFAA3.4080607@kernel.org> <20090619132328.95ee96bc.sfr@canb.auug.org.au> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Return-path: Received: from hera.kernel.org ([140.211.167.34]:39545 "EHLO hera.kernel.org" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751133AbZFSDpR (ORCPT ); Thu, 18 Jun 2009 23:45:17 -0400 In-Reply-To: <20090619132328.95ee96bc.sfr@canb.auug.org.au> Sender: linux-next-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: To: Stephen Rothwell Cc: linux-next@vger.kernel.org, Ingo Molnar , Andrew Morton , Rusty Russell Ingo Molnar , Christoph Lameter Hello, Stephen Rothwell wrote: > Hi Tejun, > > On Fri, 19 Jun 2009 11:40:35 +0900 Tejun Heo wrote: >> What do I need to do to get a tree pulled into linux-next rounds? The >> tree in question is > > You need to ask. :-) :-) >> git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tj/percpu.git for-next >> http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/tj/percpu.git;a=shortlog;h=for-next > > You also need to give me the name(s) of people to inform about any issues > I have with the tree (defaults to you). Me, Rusty Russell, Christoph Lameter and Ingo Molnar should do. >> and contains percpu related changes scheduled for the next (2.6.32) >> merge window. The tree touches a lot of archs and percpu users so >> it'll probably cause some headache during the devel cycle. > > Since it is for 2.6.32, I will only add it after 2.6.31-rc1 is released. Alright. > What I tell everyone: all patches/commits in the tree/series must > have been: > > posted to a relevant mailing list > reviewed > unit tested > destined for the next merge window (or the current release) > > *before* they are included. The linux-next tree is for integration > testing and to lower the impact of conflicts between subsystems in the > next merge window. > > Basically, this should be just what you would send to Linus (or ask him > to fetch). It is allowed to be rebased if you deem it necessary. Yeap, will keep it that way. >> Also, is there some guide I can read about linux-next? > > There is a web site which is mostly useful: > http://linux.f-seidel.de/linux-next/pmwiki/ Thanks. -- tejun