Re: [PREEMPT RT] SLUB and split softirq lock for v3.2-rt

Mike Galbraith
2013-02-19T06:17:45Z

On Mon, 2013-02-18 at 23:06 -0500, Steven Rostedt wrote:
> On Tue, 2013-02-19 at 09:56 +0800, Li Zefan wrote:
>
> > Oh ignore me. Just saw the patchset for 3.4-rt.
>
> Note, I already have part of the 3.4-feature (softirq backport) tested
> and ready. What I'm waiting on is trying to figure out the best way to
> process it.
>
> I already know I'll have a v3.4-features branch, but I'm thinking about
> patches and tarballs, if it should be posted as well, or just be in git?

If I had a vote, it'd be for git only.

Extracting patches or using git directly is trivial. The less time
maintainers spend on trivial crud, the more time they have for hard
stuff. Git only is a win for maintainers _and_ us greedy users :)

-Mike