Re: [RFC][PATCH] Convert do_no_page() to a hook to avoid DFS race

Paul E. McKenney
2003-08-10T19:09:16Z

On Sat, Aug 09, 2003 at 07:50:11PM +0100, Christoph Hellwig wrote:
> On Sat, May 31, 2003 at 04:51:23PM -0700, Paul E. McKenney wrote:
> > > I don't think there's a lot of point in making changes until the code which
> > > requires those changes is accepted into the tree. Otherwise it may be
> > > pointless churn, and there's nothing in-tree to exercise the new features.
> >
> > A GPLed use of these DFS features is expected Real Soon Now...
>
> So we get to see all the kernel C++ code from GPRS? [1] Better not, IBM
> might badly scare customers away if it the same quality as the C glue
> code layer..
>
> [1] http://oss.software.ibm.com/linux/patches/?patch_id=923

I will let the GPFS guys worry about that. ;-)

Thanx, Paul