Re: [PATCH 00/10] sound: convert tasklets to use new tasklet_setup()

From: Allen
Date: Tue Aug 18 2020 - 05:32:16 EST


>
> Well, then at the next time, please mention it explicitly in the cover
> letter. Usually this kind of API conversion isn't done during rc. Or
> it's done systematically via script or such. So unless mentioned,
> it's not expected to be carried to 5.9.

Sorry for having missed the detail. Will take care of it in the future.

>
> In anyway, if the final purpose is to drop the old tasklet API and
> that's the plan for 5.9, all tree-wide changes have to be done in
> 5.9 beforehand. Was that the decision?

The idea was to land the tree-wide changes as part of 5.9

>
> > > I have a patch set to drop the whole tasklet usage in sound/*
> > > (destined for 5.10, to be submitted soon), so if that's for 5.10,
> > > it'll be likely superfluous.
> >
> > I have picked patches from your tree to adapt to this new API.
> > Those can be picked in 5.10 I suppose.
>
> Adapting the changes are trivial, don't worry. It was just a question
> of how to organize changes.

Sure, Thank you.

- Allen