Re: [ 008/180] 2.6.32.x: ntp: Fix leap-second hrtimer livelock

From: Ben Hutchings
Date: Wed Oct 03 2012 - 13:35:29 EST


On Wed, Oct 03, 2012 at 10:01:13AM -0700, John Stultz wrote:
> On 10/03/2012 09:01 AM, Willy Tarreau wrote:
> >Hi Ben,
> >
> >On Wed, Oct 03, 2012 at 03:50:14PM +0100, Ben Hutchings wrote:
> >>On Tue, 2012-10-02 at 00:52 +0200, Willy Tarreau wrote:
> >>>2.6.32-longterm review patch. If anyone has any objections, please let me know.
> >>[...]
> >>
> >>No objection, but please remove the '2.6.32.x: ' prefix from the subject
> >>before committing this and the other ntp/timekeeping/hrtimer fixes.
> >Good point. Initially John used this as a differenciator when sending to
> >stable@ but I directly applied the mbox without fixing the subject, which
> >isn't a good thing.
> Do let me know if there's a better way for me to send them (and keep
> the versions straight) without creating more work for you.

I can't speak for Willy but I would prefer something like
'[PATCH 3.2.y]' in the subject. 'git am' or any other patch
import script should strip that out.

Ben.

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Ben Hutchings
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