Re: [PATCH v8 3/6] Uprobes: Support SDT markers having reference count (semaphore)

[Steven Rostedt]

On Fri, 10 Aug 2018 23:14:01 -0700
Song Liu <liu.song.a23@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> On Fri, Aug 10, 2018 at 12:58 PM, Steven Rostedt <rostedt@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > On Thu, 9 Aug 2018 16:38:28 +0200
> > Oleg Nesterov <oleg@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >  
> >> I need to read this (hopefully final) version carefully. I'll try to do
> >> this before next Monday.
> >>  
> >
> > Monday may be the opening of the merge window (more likely Sunday). Do
> > you think this is good enough for pushing it in this late in the game,
> > or do you think we should wait another cycle?
> >
> > -- Steve  
> 
> We (Facebook) have use cases in production that would benefit from this work, so
> I would rather see this gets in sooner than later. After a brief
> review (I will more
> careful review before Monday), I think this set is not likely to break
> existing uprobes
> (those w/o ref_ctr). Therefore, I think it is safe to put it in this cycle.
> 

It's still going under review, and the merge window is now open. I'd
prefer that this waits till the next merge window.

-- Steve