Re: [PATCH] IB/ehca: use kthread_create_on_node

[Roland Dreier]

On Wed, Feb 8, 2012 at 1:26 PM, Or Gerlitz <or.gerlitz@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> I noted that you typically use the for-next branch of the infiniband
> tree for fixes during
> the 1 < kernN-rc < (say) 6 time and for features during (kernN-rc > 6)
> till kern(N+1)-rc1
>
> This means that the window of time when features are actually accepted
> into your tree is kind of very limited. Would it be possible to
> maintain two branches: for-next and (say) rc-fixes, such that
> practically patches are reviewed/accepted to for-next at almost all
> times?
>
> BTW I see that networking and scsi maintainers use two trees
> (net/net-next) and (scsi-misc/scsi-rc-fixes), maybe it would be eaiser
> for you go this way?

It's not really an issue of not having a tree to put things into.  It's
more that the window when I actually review major things is not
as big as perhaps it should be.

So I generally try to get fixes in expeditiously because they're
easy to deal with, whereas I only dedicate time to merging bigger
things when I feel the pressure of the impending merge window.

I do usually have some small patches that are fine for the next window
but which I have only marked "to apply" in my mailbox, which it
might be a good idea to apply sooner so they get more -next tree
coverage.

 - R.
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