Re: [PATCH v4 1/2] rcu/tree: Add basic support for kfree_rcu() batching

From: Joel Fernandes
Date: Fri Aug 16 2019 - 21:32:41 EST


Hi Paul,

On Fri, Aug 16, 2019 at 3:16 PM Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > > Hello, Joel,
> > >
> > > I reworked the commit log as follows, but was then unsuccessful in
> > > working out which -rcu commit to apply it to. Could you please
> > > tell me what commit to apply this to? (Once applied, git cherry-pick
> > > is usually pretty good about handling minor conflicts.)
> >
> > It was originally based on v5.3-rc2
> >
> > I was able to apply it just now to the rcu -dev branch and I pushed it here:
> > https://github.com/joelagnel/linux-kernel.git (branch paul-dev)
> >
> > Let me know if any other issues, thanks for the change log rework!
>
> Pulled and cherry-picked, thank you!
>
> Just for grins, I also pushed out a from-joel.2019.08.16a showing the
> results of the pull. If you pull that branch, then run something like
> "gitk v5.3-rc2..", and then do the same with branch "dev", comparing the
> two might illustrate some of the reasons for the current restrictions
> on pull requests and trees subject to rebase.

Right, I did the compare and see what you mean. I guess sending any
future pull requests against Linux -next would be the best option?

thanks,

- Joel