Re: mmotm 2013-07-18-16-40 uploaded

[Paul Bolle]

On 07/20/2013 02:00 AM, Johannes Weiner wrote:
> On Thu, Jul 18, 2013 at 11:32:27PM -0400, Paul Bolle wrote:
> > On 07/18/2013 07:41 PM, akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
> > > The mm-of-the-moment snapshot 2013-07-18-16-40 has been uploaded to
> > >
> > >     http://www.ozlabs.org/~akpm/mmotm/
> > >
> > > mmotm-readme.txt says
> > >
> > > README for mm-of-the-moment:
> > >
> > > http://www.ozlabs.org/~akpm/mmotm/
> > >
> > > This is a snapshot of my -mm patch queue.  Uploaded at random hopefully
> > > more than once a week.
> > >
> > > You will need quilt to apply these patches to the latest Linus release (3.x
> > > or 3.x-rcY).  The series file is in broken-out.tar.gz and is duplicated in
> > > http://ozlabs.org/~akpm/mmotm/series
> > >
> > > The file broken-out.tar.gz contains two datestamp files: .DATE and
> > > .DATE-yyyy-mm-dd-hh-mm-ss.  Both contain the string yyyy-mm-dd-hh-mm-ss,
> > > followed by the base kernel version against which this patch series is to
> > > be applied.
> > >
> > > This tree is partially included in linux-next.  To see which patches are
> > > included in linux-next, consult the `series' file.  Only the patches
> > > within the #NEXT_PATCHES_START/#NEXT_PATCHES_END markers are included in
> > > linux-next.
> > >
> > > A git tree which contains the memory management portion of this tree is
> > > maintained at git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/mhocko/mm.git
> > > by Michal Hocko.  It contains the patches which are between the
> > > "#NEXT_PATCHES_START mm" and "#NEXT_PATCHES_END" markers, from the series
> > > file, http://www.ozlabs.org/~akpm/mmotm/series.
> > >
> > >
> > > A full copy of the full kernel tree with the linux-next and mmotm patches
> > > already applied is available through git within an hour of the mmotm
> > > release.  Individual mmotm releases are tagged.  The master branch always
> > > points to the latest release, so it's constantly rebasing.
> > >
> > > http://git.cmpxchg.org/?p=linux-mmotm.git;a=summary
> > >
> > > To develop on top of mmotm git:
> > >
> > >    $ git remote add mmotm git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/mhocko/mm.git
> > >    $ git remote update mmotm
> > >    $ git checkout -b topic mmotm/master
> > >    <make changes, commit>
> > >    $ git send-email mmotm/master.. [...]
> > >
> > > To rebase a branch with older patches to a new mmotm release:
> > >
> > >    $ git remote update mmotm
> > >    $ git rebase --onto mmotm/master <topic base> topic
> Andrew, that workflow is actually meant for
> http://git.cmpxchg.org/?p=linux-mmotm.git;a=summary, not Michal's tree
> (i.e. the git remote add mmotm <michal's tree> does not make much
> sense).  Michal's tree is append-only, so all this precision-rebasing
> is unnecessary.
>
> > The -mm tree is
> > git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/mhocko/mm.git or
> > linux-next -mm branch?
> It depends what you want for the base.  What's in linux-next is based
> on linux-next, so the latest and greatest.
>
> Michal's -mm tree is based on the latest Linus release, and so more
> stable.  Or at least the craziness is contained to mm stuff.

-mm branch against linux-next is newer than master branch against 
linux-next. Michal's -mm tree is newer than Linus's tree or older?
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