From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1751712AbdFISBi (ORCPT ); Fri, 9 Jun 2017 14:01:38 -0400 Received: from mx0a-001b2d01.pphosted.com ([148.163.156.1]:40293 "EHLO mx0a-001b2d01.pphosted.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751626AbdFISBg (ORCPT ); Fri, 9 Jun 2017 14:01:36 -0400 Date: Fri, 9 Jun 2017 11:01:27 -0700 From: "Paul E. McKenney" To: Steven Rostedt Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, mingo@kernel.org, jiangshanlai@gmail.com, dipankar@in.ibm.com, akpm@linux-foundation.org, mathieu.desnoyers@efficios.com, josh@joshtriplett.org, tglx@linutronix.de, peterz@infradead.org, dhowells@redhat.com, edumazet@google.com, fweisbec@gmail.com, oleg@redhat.com, bobby.prani@gmail.com Subject: Re: [PATCH tip/core/rcu 0/88] Commits for 4.13 Reply-To: paulmck@linux.vnet.ibm.com References: <20170525215934.GA11578@linux.vnet.ibm.com> <20170609095210.65c1dfe7@gandalf.local.home> <20170609162407.GG3721@linux.vnet.ibm.com> <20170609123940.663605bc@gandalf.local.home> <20170609172038.GH3721@linux.vnet.ibm.com> <20170609133331.484953e8@gandalf.local.home> <20170609175704.GI3721@linux.vnet.ibm.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20170609175704.GI3721@linux.vnet.ibm.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.21 (2010-09-15) X-TM-AS-GCONF: 00 x-cbid: 17060918-0024-0000-0000-0000028DB7D3 X-IBM-SpamModules-Scores: X-IBM-SpamModules-Versions: BY=3.00007202; HX=3.00000241; KW=3.00000007; PH=3.00000004; SC=3.00000212; SDB=6.00872403; UDB=6.00434054; IPR=6.00652472; BA=6.00005406; NDR=6.00000001; ZLA=6.00000005; ZF=6.00000009; ZB=6.00000000; ZP=6.00000000; ZH=6.00000000; ZU=6.00000002; MB=3.00015762; XFM=3.00000015; UTC=2017-06-09 18:01:32 X-IBM-AV-DETECTION: SAVI=unused REMOTE=unused XFE=unused x-cbparentid: 17060918-0025-0000-0000-000044534171 Message-Id: <20170609180127.GA26143@linux.vnet.ibm.com> X-Proofpoint-Virus-Version: vendor=fsecure engine=2.50.10432:,, definitions=2017-06-09_08:,, signatures=0 X-Proofpoint-Spam-Details: rule=outbound_notspam policy=outbound score=0 spamscore=0 suspectscore=0 malwarescore=0 phishscore=0 adultscore=0 bulkscore=0 classifier=spam adjust=0 reason=mlx scancount=1 engine=8.0.1-1703280000 definitions=main-1706090312 Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Fri, Jun 09, 2017 at 10:57:04AM -0700, Paul E. McKenney wrote: > On Fri, Jun 09, 2017 at 01:33:31PM -0400, Steven Rostedt wrote: > > On Fri, 9 Jun 2017 10:20:38 -0700 > > "Paul E. McKenney" wrote: > > > > > > > But enough fantasizing about possible futures. Any thoughts on what > > > could be done to help with this situation in the here and now? > > > > Unfortunately no, as I don't have enough info to understand all the > > interconnections between the patches to have a better idea on how to > > break them apart. > > > > But I will say, I've actually written code that would later be removed, > > just to keep things better apart and bisectable. > > I have done that as well, but I couldn't see how to get significant > benefit from that with this particular series. I could make a web page version of my earlier index with hotlinks to the various patches. Would that help? Thanx, Paul