From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1753501AbZIEVoz (ORCPT ); Sat, 5 Sep 2009 17:44:55 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1753475AbZIEVox (ORCPT ); Sat, 5 Sep 2009 17:44:53 -0400 Received: from hera.kernel.org ([140.211.167.34]:44924 "EHLO hera.kernel.org" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1753325AbZIEVox (ORCPT ); Sat, 5 Sep 2009 17:44:53 -0400 Message-ID: <4AA2DBD0.1000106@kernel.org> Date: Sun, 06 Sep 2009 06:44:48 +0900 From: Tejun Heo User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.22 (X11/20090605) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Linus Torvalds CC: Linux Kernel , David Miller , Meelis Roos Subject: Re: [GIT PULL] percpu fixes for 2.6.31-rc8 References: <4A9D18B7.3010405@kernel.org> <4A9D1A18.5000201@kernel.org> In-Reply-To: X-Enigmail-Version: 0.95.7 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Greylist: Sender IP whitelisted, not delayed by milter-greylist-4.0 (hera.kernel.org [127.0.0.1]); Sat, 05 Sep 2009 21:44:50 +0000 (UTC) Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org 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