From: Tejun Heo <tj@kernel.org>
To: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
Cc: Linux Kernel <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>,
David Miller <davem@davemloft.net>, Meelis Roos <mroos@linux.ee>
Subject: Re: [GIT PULL] percpu fixes for 2.6.31-rc8
Date: Sun, 06 Sep 2009 06:44:48 +0900 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <4AA2DBD0.1000106@kernel.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <alpine.LFD.2.01.0909051422130.3414@localhost.localdomain>
Hello, Linus.
Linus Torvalds wrote:
> On Tue, 1 Sep 2009, Tejun Heo wrote:
>> Ummm... one question. The above tree is on top of the previous
>> for-linus fixes tree. It pulls in to the current #master alright but
>> it would still be a merge instead of a fast-forward. Would it be
>> better to prep fixes tree on top of the current #master so that it
>> results in fast-forward? If that's the case, please let me know or
>> just cherry pick the top commit.
>
> No, I actually prefer people to avoid rebasing unless they have some real
> reason for it. My pulls almost always end up being merges anyway, since I
> pull from several people, so even if you were to have rebased, it would
> _not_ have been a fast-forward for me, since I'd in the meantime have
> pulled from others anyway.
Alright, thanks for the explanation. Will do as advised.
--
tejun
prev parent reply other threads:[~2009-09-05 21:44 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 4+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2009-09-01 12:51 [GIT PULL] percpu fixes for 2.6.31-rc8 Tejun Heo
2009-09-01 12:56 ` Tejun Heo
2009-09-05 21:23 ` Linus Torvalds
2009-09-05 21:44 ` Tejun Heo [this message]
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