Re: [PATCH 3/3] Code clean up for percpu_xxx() functions

[H. Peter Anvin]

On 01/11/2012 09:19 AM, tj@xxxxxxxxxx wrote:
> Alex, can you please collect all patches into a single patchset?
> Please split it such that, usage changes are per-system so that they
> can be routed through respective subsystems (x86 or net) and updates
> to percpu proper which can be applied after other changes have been
> applied.  It would probably be best to route these patches separately
> rather than all through percpu as it touches a lot of different places
> and is likely to cause conflicts.  I *think* the best way would be,
>
> * Submit per-subsystem patches and get them merged to subsystem trees.
>
> * (Optional) Apply a patch to mark unused interface deprecated in
>    percpu tree, so that new usages in linux-next can be detected.
>
> * Towards the end of the next merge window, merge a patch to actually
>    kill the old interface.

That sounds like a good idea.

	-hpa
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