Re: [PATCH tip/core/rcu 0/88] Commits for 4.13

From: Paul E. McKenney
Date: Fri Jun 09 2017 - 13:57:21 EST


On Fri, Jun 09, 2017 at 01:33:31PM -0400, Steven Rostedt wrote:
> On Fri, 9 Jun 2017 10:20:38 -0700
> "Paul E. McKenney" <paulmck@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
>
> > But enough fantasizing about possible futures. Any thoughts on what
> > could be done to help with this situation in the here and now?
>
> Unfortunately no, as I don't have enough info to understand all the
> interconnections between the patches to have a better idea on how to
> break them apart.
>
> But I will say, I've actually written code that would later be removed,
> just to keep things better apart and bisectable.

I have done that as well, but I couldn't see how to get significant
benefit from that with this particular series.

Thanx, Paul