From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1753754AbZHRAD2 (ORCPT ); Mon, 17 Aug 2009 20:03:28 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1752178AbZHRAD1 (ORCPT ); Mon, 17 Aug 2009 20:03:27 -0400 Received: from 74-93-104-97-Washington.hfc.comcastbusiness.net ([74.93.104.97]:36563 "EHLO sunset.davemloft.net" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751837AbZHRAD0 (ORCPT ); Mon, 17 Aug 2009 20:03:26 -0400 Date: Mon, 17 Aug 2009 17:03:37 -0700 (PDT) Message-Id: <20090817.170337.139340805.davem@davemloft.net> To: mingo@elte.hu Cc: randy.dunlap@oracle.com, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, linux-next@vger.kernel.org, akpm@linux-foundation.org, nhorman@tuxdriver.com, rostedt@goodmis.org Subject: Re: [PATCH -next] trace_skb: fix build when CONFIG_NET is not enabled From: David Miller In-Reply-To: <20090817230654.GC16222@elte.hu> References: <4A89BF90.5070202@oracle.com> <20090817.160041.40869355.davem@davemloft.net> <20090817230654.GC16222@elte.hu> X-Mailer: Mew version 6.2.51 on Emacs 22.1 / Mule 5.0 (SAKAKI) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: Text/Plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org From: Ingo Molnar Date: Tue, 18 Aug 2009 01:06:54 +0200 > ... but these are the wrong patches, they should be removed or > reverted and redone properly. Given the number of users of net-next-2.6, removal via rebasing is simply not an option. The other two posibilities, sure... > It's not just about keeping kernel/trace/* changes in the tracing > tree (which we can relax on-demand given agreement), it's that > these patches are also _wrong_ and we cannot relax anything about > that. Why don't we give Neil a chance to review the situation and fix things up? If revert is the final decision, that's fine, I'll revert everything. But in the mean time at least give Neil a chance to read all of your feedback and coordinate a way to fix things with everyone.