Re: [PATCH v15 0/9] Add io{read|write}64 to io-64-atomic headers

From: Michael Ellerman
Date: Thu Apr 05 2018 - 00:48:30 EST


Logan Gunthorpe <logang@xxxxxxxxxxxx> writes:
> On 4/4/2018 4:38 AM, Michael Ellerman wrote:
...
>> eg. It looks like I could take the two powerpc patches on their own for
>> 4.17, and then the rest could go via other trees?
>
> Yup! If you can take the powerpc patches I can keep trying to get the
> rest in. They are largely independent and shouldn't really change
> anything without the following patches.

OK, I'll take those then.

>> Is patch 1 stand alone?
>
> Essentially, yes, but patch 5 depends on it seeing it's changing the
> same area and is trying to avoid creating the same kbuild warnings that
> patch 1 suppresses.
>
>> The other option is to ask Andrew Morton to take it, as he often carries
>> these cross-tree type series.
>
> Thanks for the tip! I'll copy him when I repost it after the merge window.

Cool. If you want him to take it you should probably explicitly say so
when you repost.

cheers