From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1751714AbdJRQ1H (ORCPT ); Wed, 18 Oct 2017 12:27:07 -0400 Received: from mx0b-001b2d01.pphosted.com ([148.163.158.5]:43066 "EHLO mx0a-001b2d01.pphosted.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-FAIL) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1750954AbdJRQ1F (ORCPT ); Wed, 18 Oct 2017 12:27:05 -0400 Date: Wed, 18 Oct 2017 09:27:01 -0700 From: "Paul E. McKenney" To: Jonathan Corbet Cc: Randy Dunlap , LKML , "linux-doc@vger.kernel.org" Subject: Re: rcu kernel-doc issues (4.14-rc1) Reply-To: paulmck@linux.vnet.ibm.com References: <20170917044145.GZ3521@linux.vnet.ibm.com> <20170917174716.GA3611@linux.vnet.ibm.com> <20170917194910.GC3521@linux.vnet.ibm.com> <20171016200749.GF3521@linux.vnet.ibm.com> <0ac2ae0e-6e50-e708-9218-6febae9a58c9@infradead.org> <20171016202619.GG3521@linux.vnet.ibm.com> <20171018100340.7f34aace@lwn.net> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20171018100340.7f34aace@lwn.net> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.21 (2010-09-15) X-TM-AS-GCONF: 00 x-cbid: 17101816-0008-0000-0000-0000029293EC X-IBM-SpamModules-Scores: X-IBM-SpamModules-Versions: BY=3.00007914; HX=3.00000241; KW=3.00000007; PH=3.00000004; SC=3.00000237; SDB=6.00932971; UDB=6.00469878; IPR=6.00713261; BA=6.00005647; NDR=6.00000001; ZLA=6.00000005; ZF=6.00000009; ZB=6.00000000; ZP=6.00000000; ZH=6.00000000; ZU=6.00000002; MB=3.00017593; XFM=3.00000015; UTC=2017-10-18 16:27:03 X-IBM-AV-DETECTION: SAVI=unused REMOTE=unused XFE=unused x-cbparentid: 17101816-0009-0000-0000-0000370C1CDE Message-Id: <20171018162700.GI3521@linux.vnet.ibm.com> X-Proofpoint-Virus-Version: vendor=fsecure engine=2.50.10432:,, definitions=2017-10-18_06:,, 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=8.0.1-1707230000 definitions=main-1710180226 Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Wed, Oct 18, 2017 at 10:03:40AM -0600, Jonathan Corbet wrote: > On Mon, 16 Oct 2017 13:26:19 -0700 > "Paul E. McKenney" wrote: > > > OK, how about if I submit them to the 4.15 merge window, but add the > > appropriate -stable tags to get them backported? Yes, these are bugs, > > but I cannot in good conscience claim that they are v4.14 regressions. > > > > But if Jon agrees with you, I will of course create a patch series, > > pull request, or whatever and send it along to him. > > [Sorry for being slow ... $EXCUSES ... ] > > One could argue that they are indeed a regression; they introduced a bunch > of build errors into 4.14. I think it would be better to see it fixed if > possible. I don't care that much about how it gets there; Paul, I can > send it Linusward if you don't want to. I never have pushed directly to Linus, so I might as well get started doing so. On a related topic... Is there anything that test-builds docbook prior to patches hitting mainline? My experience indicates that the answer is "no". Thanx, Paul