Re: [PATCH RFC tip/core/rcu 14/14] rcu/nohz: Make multi_cpu_stop() enable tick on all online CPUs

From: Peter Zijlstra
Date: Mon Aug 05 2019 - 11:51:10 EST


On Mon, Aug 05, 2019 at 07:54:48AM -0700, Paul E. McKenney wrote:

> > Right; so clearly we're not understanding what's happening. That seems
> > like a requirement for actually doing a patch.
>
> Almost but not quite. It is a requirement for a patch *that* *is*
> *supposed* *to* *be* *a* *fix*. If you are trying to prohibit me from
> writing experimental patches, please feel free to take a long walk on
> a short pier.
>
> Understood???

Ah, my bad, I thought you were actually proposing this as an actual
patch. I now see that is my bad, I'd overlooked the RFC part.